RE: problem in printing packed decimal in ILE C/400

Hey Simon-lighten up.  

        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Simon Coulter [SMTP:shc@flybynight.com.au]
        Sent:   Wednesday, June 09, 1999 8:01 AM
        To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
        Subject:        Re: problem in printing packed decimal in ILE
C/400


        Baba wrote:

        > > Sample code:
        > > int main(void)
        > >   {
        > >  char record??(20??);
        > >   _RFILE *fb;_RIOFB_T *fbt;
        > >  fb = _Ropen("PHname","rr");
        > >  fbt = _Rreadn(fb,record,sizeof(record),__DFT);
        > >  printf(" %s \n ",record);
        > > }
        > >
        > > Problem: We're not able to print on screen if it is
packed_decimal
        > > data type
        >

        Well of course it doesn't work!  You are reading the file into a
20-byte character field and 
        printing it as a string of bytes.  C doesn't understand about
packed data so %s simply attempts 
        to print the character representation of the byte.  Most packed
numeric data results in 
        unprintable characters.  The C Reference manual contains
examples of how to process an 
        externally described file containing packed data.  Read the
bloody thing!

        Are you a student with no AS/400 knowledge or are you working
for an Indian body shop and 
        getting farmed out for projects for which you have no skill.
There seem to have been a lot of 
        these lately.  If the former then read the manaul before asking
for help,  if the latter then 
        get some formal training.

        Regards,
        Simon Coulter.


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        > X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet E-Mail/MAPI - 8.0.0.4211
        > Date: Tue, 01 Jun 99 14:12:25 +0200
        > From: "Baba Rahiman" <baba.rahiman@kiosk.ch>
        > To: "'midrange-l@midrange.com'" <midrange-l@midrange.com>
        > Reply-To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
        > Subject: problem in printing packed decimal in ILE C/400

        > 
        > Hi everybody,
        > 
        > 
        > > We are unable to get printable/readable normal character
form, while
        > > reading record in Physical file using  _Ropen()/_Rreadn() on
ILE C/400-(
        > > V3R1M0).
        > >
        > > Sample code:
        > > int main(void)
        > >   {
        > >  char record??(20??);
        > >   _RFILE *fb;_RIOFB_T *fbt;
        > >  fb = _Ropen("PHname","rr");
        > >  fbt = _Rreadn(fb,record,sizeof(record),__DFT);
        > >  printf(" %s \n ",record);
        > > }
        > >
        > > Problem: We're not able to print on screen if it is
packed_decimal
        > > data type
        >       
        >       
        >       any suggestions?
        > 
        > regards,
        > baba
        > 
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