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Data areas have to be character or numeric.  No mixing of types is   
allowed.  You'll have to parse the data as *CHAR and then convert it to   
*DEC via a CHGVAR command.

HTH

 -Doc

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From:   
 midrange-l-owner%midrange.com[SMTP:midrange-l-owner%midrange.com@mcs.com]  

Sent:  01 July 1997 00:24
To:  MIDRANGE-L
Subject:  re: external data area

I want one of the fields in a 57 character external data area to be
numeric.  I can not figure out how to do that in CL.  It seems to be
insisting on *CHAR only, no numerics.  Can I put numeric values in the
data area?  say...  put a minus 3500 starting at postion 45

     CHGDTAARA DTAARA(SMPLDA (45 4) VALUE(-3500)

doesn't work.  Any ideas?
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