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Hua
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I have 2 different fields that meant the same thing from 2 different applications:

FIELDNAME=CUSNO, ALIAS=CUSNO, USAGE=P9,ACTUAL=P5,TITLE='Customer,number', DESCRIPTION='Customer number', $
FIELDNAME=ENTITY, ALIAS=ENTITY, USAGE=A10, ACTUAL=A10,TITLE=Entity', DESCRIPTION='Entity', $

I need to match ENTITY field by dropping the last two digits, suppress the leading zeroes and left-justified the CUSTNO, but unable to get rid of the leading zeros:

ENTITY/A10 = LEFT-JUSTIFIED(SUPPRESS LEADING ZEROS(EDIT(CUSNO,'9999999$$')));


Please help! Thank you.


Hua

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Developer Studio 7.6.11
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Francis Mariani
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I wouldn't use EDIT on a numeric column, I'm surprised it doesn't give you an error.

This is what I would do: Divide the numeric field by 100 with the result being put into an integer field to avoid rounding, then use the PTOA function to convert the integer field to an alpha field. With PTOA, there will be no leading zeros and the result will be left justified.

TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT 
WEIGHT
COMPUTE WEIGHTP/I8 = WEIGHT / 100;
COMPUTE WEIGHTA/A10 = PTOA(WEIGHTP, '(P8)', 'A10');
BY MODEL
END


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Hua
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Thank you, Francis.

PTOA is exactly what I need.
You are also right about the EDIT function.

Have a good evening!

Hua


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PBrightwell
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Hua,

The edit doesn't work on your numeric field because on the AS400 it is really a packed field. EDIT will convert your number to an alpha, but you would have to mask it in a second step. In this case Francis' recommendation is the way to go because it will replace the leading zeroes with leading spaces. Do a search on "Alphabetical List of Functions and Subroutines" and find the routines for your version.


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Hua
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Pat,

Thank you for your explaination.
When I did my own search, "packed decimal" wasn't in my mind. I am still very much rely on the GUI to produce the codes, unfortunately, when I pulled down the Functions... inside the DEFINE box, I couldn't find PTOA function listed.
I am so glad to take advantage of the focal point. Thanks again to you and Francis for the quick responses.
Good day to everyone!

Hua


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