Floating minus in input.....

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That was too easy... Yes it worked...

Thanks...


On , Stephen Hulbert <shulbert at littlejohnllp.com> wrote:
> Brian,ZONED needs to be zero-filled, use FREEFORM.Regards,Stephen.  
> --Stephen HulbertSenior Analyst ProgrammerFor and on behalf ofLittlejohn  
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> [mailto:powerh-l-bounces+shulbert=littlejohnllp.com at lists.sowder.com] On  
> Behalf Of Brian Stephens
> Sent: 07 December 2011 12:46
> To: powerh-l at lists.sowder.com
> Subject: Floating minus in input.....
> This one is a little odd for me... On Unix and PH 7

> I have a field coming from a windows based ERP. which can have a leading  
> floating minus.. (decimal thankfully is implied)

> The field in PH is defined as ZONED NUMERIC and I'm getting conversion  
> errors on any record that has the minus sign almost like its expecting  
> only numbers..

> I read the file in COBOL as well and they are doing a brute force  
> inspect/tally/replace and then multiply the result in Working Storage..  
> (Program is from the early 70's!)



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