convert string to numeric

Matan Cohen

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Oct 28, 2010, 10:55:35 AM10/28/10

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hi ,

I'm reading a string from a dataset using substr like this :
line = ' How can I convert this 000456 to a char '
number = word(line,6) -> here I used the word function but the idea is the
same

then i need to convert this number to a numeric so i could preform
arithmetic action on it ( plus , minus )
I can i do this ?

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Walter Pachl

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Oct 28, 2010, 11:00:20 AM10/28/10

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number iS a number

line = ' How can I convert this 000456 to a char '
number = word(line,6)

say number+5

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Robert Zenuk

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Oct 28, 2010, 12:35:11 PM10/28/10

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Just use your number variable...

/* rexx */

line = ' How can I convert this 000456 to a char '
number = word(line,6)

say number * 3

I got 1368...

Rob

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Mickey

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Oct 28, 2010, 4:04:28 PM10/28/10

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There is NO datatyping in Rexx. The contents of a variable at the time you
ask defines it. So, While MY_VAR may contain the value XXX, if I assignit a
value of 123, I can perform numeric operations on it.

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Bob Bridges

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Oct 28, 2010, 11:24:11 PM10/28/10

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While "no datatyping" is correct technically, I gather that in fact all data
in REXX is stored as character strings, right? I mean, the 6th word is the
character string '000456', and if you then performed this statement:

xyz=number+1

...xyz would then contain the character string '457'. Right?

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There is NO datatyping in Rexx. The contents of a variable at the time you
ask defines it. So, While MY_VAR may contain the value XXX, if I assignit a
value of 123, I can perform numeric operations on it.

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From: "Matan Cohen" <matanc...@GMAIL.COM>
Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 10:54 AM

> I'm reading a string from a dataset using substr like this :

> line = ' How can I convert this 000456 to a char '
> number = word(line,6) -> here I used the word function but the idea is the
> same
>
> then i need to convert this number to a numeric so i could preform
> arithmetic action on it ( plus , minus )

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adrianstern

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Oct 29, 2010, 6:11:03 AM10/29/10

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On Oct 28, 11:24 pm, rhbr...@ATTGLOBAL.NET (Bob Bridges) wrote:
> While "no datatyping" is correct technically, I gather that in fact all data
> in REXX is stored as character strings, right? I mean, the 6th word is the
> character string '000456', and if you then performed this statement:
>
> xyz=number+1
>
> ...xyz would then contain the character string '457'. Right?
>
> ---

> Bob Bridges, rhbr...@attglobal.net, cell 336 382-7313
> work bob.brid...@libertymutual.com, 317 581-6487

>
> /* If you read the New Testament with an Old-Covenant heart, it will be just
> Law to you. Likewise, if you read the Old Testament with a New-Covenant
> heart, you will see Christ in all of it. -Rick Joyner, "The Apostolic
> Ministry" */
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mickey
> Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 16:04
>
> There is NO datatyping in Rexx. The contents of a variable at the time you
> ask defines it. So, While MY_VAR may contain the value XXX, if I assignit a
> value of 123, I can perform numeric operations on it.
>
> --------------------------------------------------

> From: "Matan Cohen" <matancohen...@GMAIL.COM>

> Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 10:54 AM
>
> > I'm reading a string from a dataset using substr like this :
> > line = ' How can I convert this 000456 to a char '
> > number = word(line,6) -> here I used the word function but the idea is the
> > same
>
> > then i need to convert this number to a numeric so i could preform
> > arithmetic action on it ( plus , minus )
>
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that's correct - the result is "numeric" but in fact still a string in
a numeric format - no datatyping means you never have to predefine
what can be stored in a variable, but certain operations will crash at
run-time if not possible using the current contents of the variables
I seem to remember a language (could it have been Mantis?) where any
string containing anything numeric could be used in a computation, the
language "stripped off" the non-numeric part so that "this is 1" +
"that is 2" gave the answer 3!

Mickey

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Oct 30, 2010, 11:47:20 AM10/30/10

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That is correct. Rexx treats everything like a string

Mickey

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