sure nocommas=strip(input,"b",",")
http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/IKJ4A390/4.3.55 On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 1:44 PM, Bill Ashton <bill00ash...@gmail.com> wrote: > Now, on a related note...is there a simple way to remove commas from a > number that is input as a string? > > For example, if a variable has "2,143,628" in it, how can I easily strip > the commas to wind up with 2143628? > > Billy > > On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 1:58 PM, Lionel Dyck <lionel.d...@us.ibm.com> wrote: > >> The 'extra' comman before the .12 on the second example as just that the >> code does not handle numbers with decimal but works well with pure numbers >> >> >> >> Lionel B. Dyck <>< >> z Client Architect >> IBM Corporation - West IMT >> >> Mobile Phone: 1-925-207-4518 >> E-mail: lionel.d...@us.ibm.com >> System z: www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/ >> Linux on z: http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/os/linux/ >> Destination z: http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/destinationz/index.html/ >> >> "Think Inside the z Box" >> >> >> >> >> >> >> From: Mark Zelden <m...@mzelden.com> >> To: IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu, >> Date: 01/04/2013 10:54 AM >> Subject: Re: Formatting a Number with comma's >> Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu> >> >> >> >> On Fri, 4 Jan 2013 10:43:18 -0800, Lionel Dyck <lionel.d...@us.ibm.com> >> wrote: >> >> >I ran across this code from Doug Nadel several years ago and hope that >> >y'all will find it useful. >> > >> > >> > /* ----------------------------------------------------- */ >> > /* number format code thanks to Doug Nadel */ >> > /* ----------------------------------------------------- */ >> > str=strip(translate('0,123,456,789,abc,def', , >> > right(bytes,16,','), , >> > '0123456789abcdef'),'L',',') >> > bytes = strip(str) >> > >> >Here are two examples from oorexx under windows (this works well under >> >z/OS and z/VM) >> > >> >C:\t\new>test.rex 12345678 >> >Bytes: 12,345,678 >> > >> >C:\t\new>test.rex 12345678.12 >> >Bytes: 12,345,678,.12 >> > >> > >> >> May need a tweak (or cut/paste does). What's that extra comma before >> the decimal point in the 2nd example? >> >> There was a recent thread on the TSO-REXX list that had some >> nice examples - probably including this one (I don't follow TSO-REXX >> too closely). >> >> -- >> Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS >> mailto:m...@mzelden.com >> Mark's MVS Utilities: http://www.mzelden.com/mvsutil.html >> Systems Programming expert at http://expertanswercenter.techtarget.com/ >> >> Mark >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> > > > > -- > Thank you and best regards, > *Billy Ashton* > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
