zero with field format D12.1

[kaeserea]

Hello!

I compute a field in my report where I use an if statement to say: use the given formular if any of the formular elements are not equal to zero. If not print zero.

What happens is that in the "print zero" case I receive a ,0 in my report instead of a simple 0. This might be due to the fact that the format of the computed field is D12.1. How can I achiev a simple 0?

Eva

 

[Siddhamalli]

Hey did you try using edit on that zero or may be do a decode and if its ,0 then display a field which is integer 0.

exampple


decode (formular,<> 0 ,0,= 0,formular)

see if this thing works , may be i would have understood ur ? wrong.
Thank you.

Ganesh

 

[focwizard]

You can also define the field with the 'S' edit option, for zero suppress (D12.2S).

 

[kaeserea]

Hello Ganesh,

Can you tell me something about your code line? I have never seen that before.

Hi focwizard,

I'd like to display the zero. The S option prints nothing if the value is zero.

Eva

 

[PeterG5]

The field type determines the output display, so a D12.1 will show .0 by default. Try using a D12, a P12 or an integer field (I5 etc). These all show a single zero but some may not be suitable for calculations involving decimal places, as P format will round up and I format will truncate.

 

[Siddhamalli]

Hi Eva are you asking abt Decode , think you can easily do a decode for that .

 

[kaeserea]

Hi Peter,

the problem is that I need the D12.1 format for all fields which are not equal to zero.

Hi Ganesh,

can you explain me with an example how you mean the DECODE in your first answer?

Thanx!
Eva