The conversion from numeric to string is accomplished by dereferencing
the numeric variable within quotes:
  Setvar strgvar "!numvar"

To format the time, making sure that the hour and minutes are always two
digits:

  Setvar hr rht("0" + "!hphour",2)
  Setvar min rht("0" + "!hpminute",2)
  Setvar fmt_time hr + ":" + min

-----Original Message-----
From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Shahan, Ray
Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 9:42 AM
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Subject: Numeric to a string in MPE/ix?

Hi all,

        I thought, at one time, I had converted a numeric to a string in
MPE, but I either never did, or can't remember how.  The problem I'm
trying to solve is to pass a formatted time to another process via the
hphour and hpminute vars.  For instance hphour = 6 and hpminute = 10, so
the formatted string to pass would be 06:10.

        Any help's greatly appreciated.


TIA,

Ray Shahan 
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