Purpose

ALPHA converts data from numeric, wide or mixed, to alphanumeric.
 

Syntax

variable = ALPHA(operand)
 

Operation

operand can be a valid numeric wide or alphanumeric constant, variable, or expression.
 

Remarks

If operand is a valid numeric constant, variable, or expression, the result is an alphanumeric string.  This string is the external display form of the value of the operand, with a leading sign if the string is negative.

If operand is a wide character string, the result is an alphanumeric mixed string representation of the operand

If the operand is a valid alphanumeric constant, variable, or expression, the function returns the operand.  The function would be used in this way only to clearly document the intended data type of an expression.