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From: bzr10@ccc.amdahl.com (Bruce Richardson)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.rexx
Subject: Re: Dollarizing
Keywords: format formatting Rexx
Message-ID: <2eu=02Fz078g01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com>
Date: 29 Apr 91 20:42:27 GMT
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Reply-To: bzr10@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com Bruce Richardson
Organization: Amdahl Canada Ltd.
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Regarding the 'dollarizing' of numeric values, try using
format or trunc functions (format rounds up, trunc doesn't):
use       any_var=format(any_value,,2)
or        any_var=trunc(any_value,2)
I'm using CMS Rexx for this - from the help files, the syntax is:
      format(number(,(before)(,(after)(,(expp)(,expt)))))
and   trunc(number(,n))
the inner brackets are the optional items (ie should be in square
brackets).
                                     Regards, Bruce Richardson
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