Re: Built in Function ILE RPG

Thanks Jon, I tried your first option ( Two Statement ) ,it works fine.

Raj





Jon.Paris@halinfo.it on 01-22-99 12:27:31 PM

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 >> I was looking around for other better methods, because  in RPG/400, it
is
just  one  statement ( multiplying by  10000.01),
You are already using a "better" method !  The multiply by 10000.01 is an
abortion that I'd happily see people flogged for using (not that I have any
strong opinion on the subject!!)
Anyway - I will not tell you that you can still use this horrible approach
in RPG IV (even though you can <grin>) - but I will point out that your
three step approach is overkill.  You only need two:
 C    *USA     Move    NumDateUSA    RealDate
 C    *ISO     Move    RealDate      NumDateISO
RealDate can be in any 4 digit year format (*ISO, *USA, etc. it doesn't
matter)
If you absolutely have to have it in a single statement (don't confuse
number of statements with operational efficiency or clarity of code) the
you can wrap the conversion as a procedure and use it like this.
 C             Eval    NumDateISO = USAtoISO(NumDateISO)
Where USAtoISO looks like this: (not tested and columns are not correct)
 P USAtoISO     B
 D              PI              8  0
 D  NumDateUSA                  8  0
 D RealDate     S                D   DatFmt(*ISO)
 D NumDateISO                   8  0

 C    *USA     Move    NumDateUSA    RealDate
 C    *ISO     Move    RealDate      NumDateISO
 C             Return  NumDateISO
 P              E


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