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marleeakerson
Calcite | Level 5 marleeakerson
Calcite | Level 5

Remove decimal from variable

Posted 08-06-2020 02:17 PM (923 views)

Hello, 

 

How do i remove a decimal from a variable? 

 

For example - go from:

ID

3.4

66.5

z4.1

 

to:

ID

34

665

z41

 

Is this possible using the cat or catx function?

 

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novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20 novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20

Re: Remove decimal from variable

Posted 08-06-2020 02:20 PM (913 views)  |   In reply to marleeakerson

compress(var,'.')   should work?

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Reeza
Super User Reeza
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Re: Remove decimal from variable

Posted 08-06-2020 03:19 PM (870 views)  |   In reply to marleeakerson
Is it character or numeric variable?
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