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Conference ilbbak::ibi_focus

Title:	FOCUS, from INFORMATION BUILDERS

Moderator:	ZAYIUS::BROUILLETTE

Created:	Thu Feb 19 1987
Last Modified:	Mon May 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	615
Total number of notes:	1779

263.0. "Leading zeros problem" by TOMCAT::PRESTON (Punch it, Margaret!) Wed Aug 30 1989 09:38

    I am a fairly new Focus user, but I have a question that does not
    seem to have been addressed in this conference yet. 
    
    I am working on an application that requires conversion of numerics
    to alpha format, which is easily accomplished by the EDIT function.
    The problem is that EDIT packs the string with leading zeros, which
    I absolutely do not want. I have looked through the manuals, but have 
    not found a way to accomplish remove the leading zeros. Does anyone 
    know if there's a way to do this?
    
    Thanks,
    
    Ed

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263.1 FTOA Subroutine PLOP::COYLE Wed Aug 30 1989 14:18 14

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263.1	FTOA Subroutine	PLOP::COYLE		`Wed Aug 30 1989 14:18`	14
	Ed, Check out the FTOA subroutine located in the Subroutine Library Users Manual on page 3-6. It gives an example of converting numbers from numeric to alphanumeric format, with the added ability of leading blanks instead of zeros. KC



    Ed,


            Check out the FTOA subroutine located in the Subroutine Library
Users Manual on page 3-6.  It gives an example of converting numbers from
numeric to alphanumeric format, with the added ability of leading blanks 
instead of zeros.



                                 KC