how to convert CHAR format to a NUMERIC?

Young zhang · New User Joined: 13 Jun 2008 Posts: 15 Location: china

I want to know how to convert format from CHAR to INTEGER(from X to 9).
please help me. thanks.

ashimer · Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 10:29 am Post subject:

Use function NUMVAL which returns the numeric value represented by the character string

Young zhang · New User Joined: 13 Jun 2008 Posts: 15 Location: china

example: log-id pic x(12),
log-count pic 9(12).
...
procedure division.
...
(convert from log-id to log-count )
...
(conver form log-count to log-id)
...

so, how to use the commands to solve the two funciton below. please give me a detail expression, thank you.

ashimer · Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 10:45 am Post subject:

COMPUTE LOG-COUNT = FUNCTION NUMVAL(LOG-ID) and

MOVE LOG-COUNT TO LOG-ID

Young zhang · New User Joined: 13 Jun 2008 Posts: 15 Location: china

ashimer, thank you. I will try it.

saurabhgemini10 · New User Joined: 15 Sep 2008 Posts: 5 Location: India

What will happen if the variable is having some alphabets in that., example

COMPUTE COUNT = FUNCTION NUMVAL(suppose that variable is having the value as ABC12)

what will the result ?? value in COUNT
if error then what error??

Anuj D. · Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 12:56 pm Post subject:

Hi,

Main purpose of the NUMVAL and NUMVAL-C is to convert alphanumeric data items that contain free-format character-representation numbers to numeric form, and process them numerically. For example:

dick scherrer · Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 7:22 pm Post subject:

Hello,