Microsoft KB Archive/21133

Mathematics on PIC XX Data MOVEd to PIC 99

PSS ID Number: Q21133 Article last modified on 11-16-1992

2.00 2.10 2.20 MS-DOS

Summary: When you attempt mathematical operations using data that was MOVEd from a PIC XX field to a PIC 99 field, a “Non-Numeric Data” run-time error is generated. To correct this problem, use UNSTRING to eliminate spaces in the PIC XX field before moving the information to the PIC 99 field.

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