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>What if I call ChgDa with a decimal variable: > DCL DecVar Dec(5,2) >ChgVar &DecVar Value(22.23) >Call chgda ('NUMB BUCK ' &DecVar ) >/* boom ? */ > >a problem, buck, with the generic cl approach: >a decimal dtaara can be 24,9. rpg supports such >a packed decimal value. cl does not. only goes to 15,5. > >Keep on trying<g> The original contention was that in CL, one "could not easily handle the diff data types of diff data areas. Call the module to chg a char dtara, then call it again to chg a dec(11,2) dtaara, then a logical, ..." Given that this CL snippet easily handles this, one can overcome the limitations of CL's CHGDTAARA by using similar data area facilities in other languages. Lest I fail the test <g>, CL can handle variables declared 15,9. Readers should prompt the DCL command for details. Regards! Buck
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