Date:         Wed, 23 Jul 2003 18:31:23 +0200
Reply-To:     Hanna Zaremba <h.zaremba@cbos.pl>
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From:         Hanna Zaremba <h.zaremba@cbos.pl>
Subject:      Re: How do I change a numeric to a string or vice versa?
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Hi
Just use the NUMBER function, it converts numeric variable to string (see description below).
Hanna



Conversion Functions
NUMBER(arg,format) Convert the argument into a number using the specified format. The
argument is string, the format is a numeric format, and the result is nu-meric.
The string is essentially reread using the format and returned as
a number. For example, NUMBER (XALPHA,F3.1) converts all values
for XALPHA to numbers using the F3.1 format. The function returns the
system-missing value if the conversion is invalid.
STRING(arg,format) Converts the argument into a string using the specified format. The ar-gument
is numeric, the format is a numeric format, and the result is a
string. The number is converted from internal representation according
to the format and then stored as a string. For example, STRING (INCOME,
DOLLAR8) converts the numeric values for INCOME to the dollar format
and returns it as a string value. If the result is shorter than the string vari-able
that receives the values, it is right-justified. If the result is longer, it
is right-trimmed.



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> Shungwon
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