Re: Bug in opcode TESTN! (NOT!)

Vijosh wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I have come across the following problem while using the opcode TESTN.
>
>Prob: While testing a character field entry for Numeric, it so happens
that
>if all the contents of the field  are numbers except the last one which
may
>be an alphabet, still TESTN shows it as numeric.

TESTN is working as expected.  Read about TESTN in the
RPG Reference manual.

>
>Possible Reason : After doing some trials on this, I came to the
conclusion
>that, in the case of a negative number DB2 stores the negative sign in the
>PF with a character at the end which indicates the sign. E.g.:
},R,H...etc.
>So if this alphabet figures in the earlier mentioned value given to TESTN
>then it shows it as Numeric. For testing this you may add values  -1...-9
>into a database and then do a DSPPFM.

Read about zoned numeric data in the RPG Reference
manual.

>
>Question: I wanted to know whether the reason for wrong result given by
>TESTN is the same as the one I have mentioned above or is there something
>else to it. For solving my problem I had to write certain extra lines of
>code to avoid TESTN. Is there any solution which will avoid my extra lines
>of code, and do it with one opcode?
>

You could use CHECK to check if all characters in a
character field are digits.

Cheers!  Hans

Hans Boldt, ILE RPG Development, IBM Toronto Lab, boldt@ca.ibm.com


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