Rao:

Easy.  Use the following

     COMPUTE WS-C = FUNCTION NUMVAL (WS-A)
         ON SIZE ERROR
            xxxxx
            xxxxx
         NOT ON SIZE ERROR
            xxxxx
            xxxxx
     END-COMPUTE.

You do not need the redefined statement.

The nice thing about this statement, is that it allows for negative, and
decimals numbers.

Olav.

Rao, Raghu wrote:

>Hi,
>
>In cobol, is there any way that I get the redefined value from character
>value into a proper numeric value ?
>
>For Ex:
>*************
>01 WS-A           PIC X(04).
>01 WS-B redefines WS-A   pic 9(04).
>02 WS-C           pic 9(04).
>...
>MOVE 3 TO WS-A.
>MOVE WS-B TO WS-C.
>..
>DISPLAY " A:" WS-A ":"
>DISPLAY " B:" WS-B ":"
>DISPLAY " C:" WS-C ":"
>
>Results are
>A:3   :
>B:3   :
>C:3000:
>
>
>I want the results to be:
>--------------------------------
>A:3   :
>B:0003:
>C:3:
>
>Thanks.
>Raghu Rao
>
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