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jcs1226
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I have a character that I am trying to lose the leading zeros. Initially it is an Integer that is maxed. Then it is converted to alphanumeric. The problem is that I don't know how many leading zeros there are going to be so I don't think a simple edit will work. I tried editing the integer format to remove the leading zeros but when I convert to Alphanumeric, they show back up. I truly just want to drop any zeros in front of the numbers I need to report. It may be 2, 3, or 4 leading zeros. Any suggestions? Thanks for any help.
 
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Leah
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Look into the FTOA function, that might help with what you want.


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N.Selph
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Alternatively, you could use the TRIM function.


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KevinG
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Or, you might use the STRREP function to replace the leading 0s with blanks?

Kevin


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Francis Mariani
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STRREP is a function only available in v7 and above and it appears to replace ALL of the selected characters, including the 0 in 101, for instance.

As Leah mentioned, the FTOA function will do what you need.

Cheers.


Francis


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susannah
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raise your hands if you remember the good old days when NEW/A8=EDIT(OLD); did NOT pack with leading zeros, but rather you had to force in the leading zeros if you wanted them: NEW/A8L=EDIT(OLD);



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jcs1226
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Thank you!! STRREP worked!!


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Francis Mariani
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Does STRREP remove the zero in 101? If so, is this wahat you want?


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jcs1226
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Hi Francis,
The STREP function did not seem to remove those 0's (i.e. 210 goes to 21). That is the result I wanted. In outputs, I get 110.00 and 220.00 at quick glance. Below is the entire sequence of code I used.

TOT_CHG_D15/D15.2c = PROCEDURE_ACTUAL_CHARGE;
PRT_TOT_CHG/A17 = FTOA (TOT_CHG_D15, '(D15.2c)', PRT_TOT_CHG);
PRT_TOT_CHG2/A17 = STRREP(17,PRT_TOT_CHG,1,' ',0,'X',16,PRT_TOT_CHG2);
PRT_TOT_CHG3/A17V =PRT_TOT_CHG2;
TTLSVCCHG/A17V = IF PRT_TOT_CHG3 EQ '.00' THEN '0.00' ELSE PRT_TOT_CHG3;

Thanks again for the help!

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Kamesh
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change this line of code and try,

PRT_TOT_CHG/A17 = FTOA (TOT_CHG_D15, '(D15c)', PRT_TOT_CHG);

Hope it helps,


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