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bug
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I was trying to read numbers from a hold file, but found that in the hold file they are just raw numbers without formatting. All comma and percentage sign % are gone. Is there a way to read the formatted number in to a variable?

Thanks.

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Use FPRINT to convert the contents to a string, and include any formatting tweaks in the arguments.

In this example, in the master file, DEALER_COST is a D7 field.

Here's an example with CAR:

 
-DEFAULTH &NDEALER_COST='';
SET HOLDLIST = PRINTONLY
SET ASNAMES  = ON
-*

TABLE FILE CAR
SUM 
     COMPUTE NDEALER_COST/A30=FPRINT(DEALER_COST,'D9.2CM',NDEALER_COST);
ON TABLE NOTOTAL
ON TABLE HOLD AS MYCAR
END
-RUN
-READFILE MYCAR
-TYPE &NDEALER_COST


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Good solution, thanks nd!


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