Date:         Thu, 25 Oct 2007 22:04:33 -0400
Reply-To:     Dave Scocca <dave@SCOCCA.ORG>
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From:         Dave Scocca <dave@SCOCCA.ORG>
Subject:      Re: Automatic type conversion
Comments: To: Kenneth Karan <posible88-sswug@YAHOO.COM>
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--On 10/25/07 9:32 PM -0400 Kenneth Karan wrote:

> More practically, I always use explicit type conversion.  Character to
> numeric:  NumVar = input(CharVar, bestn.);

A recent discovery--"Best" is completely optional, and BESTw.d is in fact
simply an alias to the w.d informat.

So:  numVar = input(charVar, n.) ; where N is at least the length of the
character variable, up to 32.

Dave