Is there a way to convert a P5 field to an A5V? I want to define a larger variable alpha field with the P5 concatenated with a A50V field.

I tried PCKOUT, but I get weird characters instead of the number.

Thanks.

This message has been edited. Last edited by: DWaybright,

Have you tried FPRINT ?

As from a DEFINE

New_Fld /A10V = FPRINT(Old_Fld, 'P5', 'A10V');

Remember that you will need more space in the alpha field than in the pack field.

The PTOA gave me what I needed.
BabakNYC -- thanks for the link. I have an old Keysheet book for WebFOCUS 7 and couldn't find what I was looking for in that. I'll look on the infocenter format conversion page first from now on!