CA Gen runtime modules TIRFNUM and TIRFCHR

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Issue/Introduction

We are developing web services for CA Gen servers and need some documentation on the functionality of runtime modules TIRFNUM and TIRFCHR.

Resolution

TIRFNUM and TIRFCHR represent toolset functions Numtext and Textnum respectively.

The main Gen 8.6 techdocs reference pages for the 2 functions are shown below:
TIRFNUM - Numtext:
Gen™ 8.6 > Developing > Designing > Using Toolset > ... > Functions in Action Diagram > Numtext
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Numtext obtains the integer numeric representation of a character string. Input is a character string or character view. The only special characters allowed in the input string are plus (+), minus (-), and period (.). Output is an integer; it does not contain either sign or the period as a decimal.
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TIRFCHR - Textnum:
Gen™ 8.6 > Developing > Designing > Using Toolset > ... > Functions in Action Diagram > Textnum
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Textnum converts the integer portion of a number value in a number-domain attribute into a text value in a text-domain attribute. Input is a number or numeric view. Output is a character string that contains only the integer value. ...
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