Numeric conversion in fixed length outputs

[Former Member]

I have a requirement to right justify all numeric fields in a fixed length file content conversion..Due to the fixed length nature the numeric fields are stating from the positions defined in the file content conversion..Is it possible for them to be right justfied though we give them starting postions??

-Teresa

[Former Member]

Hi,

can you provide an example as to what it is now and what you want to achive.

Naveen

[Former Member]

A rustic example would be ...if a field is NUM(5) and its value is 123...The output should be " 123"...The size between the " " being 5 and the value is right justified..

-Teresa

[Former Member]

Hi,

Simplest way would be to write a user defined function, where you append spaces to the variable based on length.

string b;

int size = a.length();

int diff = 5 - size;

b = a;

for(int i = 0; i <= diff;i++)

b = " " + b;

return b;

Hope it helps,

Naveen

[Former Member]

Doesn't XI consider numeric fields to be naturally right justified when they output to a fixed length file?? or do they require special definition at the data type definition..

-Teresa

[Former Member]

Thanks for the suggestions but any ideas on XI's standard numeric data type declaration??

-Teresa