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On Fri, 4 Jan 2013 16:12:11 -0400, Roberto Halais <roberto.hal...@gmail.com>
wrote:
>Will take numbers with decimal point or not.
>/* rexx */
>bytes = 1234567.89
>parse var bytes num '.' dec
>num=strip(translate('0,123,456,789,abc,def', ,
> right(num,16,','), ,
> '0123456789abcdef'),'L',',')
>bytes = strip(strip(num)||'.'||dec,'T','.')
>say bytes
>
>On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 4:02 PM, Roberto Halais <roberto.hal...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> /* rexx */
>> num = '123,456,789'
>> num = space(translate(num,'',','),0)
>> say num
>>
>> 123456789
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 3:48 PM, John McKown
>> <john.archie.mck...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> 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
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
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>>> >> 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 <
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>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> 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).
>>> >>
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