Convert Alpha numeric to numeric.



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Convert Alpha numeric to numeric.

Postby vishnusrini » Tue Oct 04, 2011 12:15 pm

Hi all,

I have a field WS-PRICE-A-CNV-RATE in a text field holding a floating decimal.
I need to Format WS-PRICE-A-CNV-RATE PIC X(9) into a COBOL PIC S9(8)v9(8) comp-3 variable.
Can anyone help me how to do it.


Thanks in Advance.
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Re: Convert Alpha numeric to numeric.

Postby BillyBoyo » Tue Oct 04, 2011 12:35 pm

Have a look in the Cobol manual for intrinsic function NUMVAL.
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Re: Convert Alpha numeric to numeric.

Postby vishnusrini » Tue Oct 04, 2011 5:30 pm

Thanks for you help...
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