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Spence
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I'm trying to duplicate this sql in focus.

cast((sales * 2.30000) / 1.87000000 as varchar(100)) as charin,
substring(charin from 1 for 3) || substring(charin from POSITION('.' IN charin)+1 for 3) as hashchar

I need the first three positions and the last three position.
The last 3 I can do. The first three get padded with leading zeros in focus.

DEFINE FILE CAR
charin1/D12.3 = ((SALES * 2.30000) / 1.87000000);
charin/A15 = FTOA(charin1, '(D12.3)', charin);
last_three/A3 = EDIT(charin,'$$$$$$$$$$$999');
edit_charin/A15 = STRIP(15, charin, ',' , 'A15');
-* i need the first three characters from edit_charin (not including leading zeros)
first_three/A5=EDIT(edit_charin,'99999');
END
TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT SALES
charin1
charin
last_three
edit_charin
first_three
IF SALES GT 0
END

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WF 8 version 8.2.04. Windows.
In focus since 1990.
 
Posts: 189 | Location: pgh pa | Registered: October 06, 2004Report This Post
Waz
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You need to left justify brfore the EDIT.

DEFINE FILE CAR
charin1/D12.3 = ((SALES * 2.30000) / 1.87000000);
charin/A15 = FTOA(charin1, '(D12.3)', charin);
last_three/A3 = EDIT(charin,'$$$$$$$$$$$999');
left_charin/A15 = LJUST(15,STRIP(15, charin, ',' , 'A15'),'A15');
-* i need the first three characters from edit_charin (not including leading zeros)
first_three/A5=EDIT(left_charin,'999');
END
TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT SALES
charin1
charin
last_three
left_charin 
first_three
IF SALES GT 0
END


Waz...

Prod:WebFOCUS 7.6.10/8.1.04Upgrade:WebFOCUS 8.2.07OS:LinuxOutputs:HTML, PDF, Excel, PPT
In Focus since 1984
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Spence
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Thank you Waz.


WF 8 version 8.2.04. Windows.
In focus since 1990.
 
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