title: How to convert Text into Numeric in Mainframe
body: <p>I need to convert Numbers stored as Text datatype(left aligned) ranging from 2 to 4 digits to Numeric format(Right aligned) in Mainframes.</p>
  
  <pre><code>For eg,
  
  Field1(Text left aligned)         Field2(Numeric Right aligned)
  ---------------------------------------------------------------
  1000                                       1000           
  11                                           11     
  200                                         200 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Can use SORT EZTRIEVE COBOL.</p>