converting data types

[Guest.Visitor]

Declare 2 variables, DCL VAR(&CHAR) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(7) and DCL VAR(&DEC) TYPE(*DEC) LEN(7). Retrieve the data area into &CHAR, then CHGVAR VAR(&DEC) VALUE(&CHAR).

[chartley@arml.org]

A cl program that once retrieved a number from a data area, *dec 7 0. Now the CL needs to pull that number from a different data area of type *char 7 . How do I get the new char data and convert it so the cl may pass the proper data to another program?