I *think* also you need to start your pattern with an X'40' first thing. That becomes the "fill byte." I *think* that in your '_______0.308208' you will find that the _ characters are currently actually x'20's, which is less than ideal.
Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Janet Graff Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2015 4:57 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: STCK question Ooh I am liking the ED instruction. But I'm missing something. My pattern is this =XL15'20207A20207A20204B202020202020' My data is this =XL8'0000003082080000' And the result I'm getting is this ' 308208' What I want is this ' 0.308208' What can I do to the pattern mask to force the decimal point, and at the least the zeros between the decimal and the first significant digit, and maybe one zero before the decimal point? Janet ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
