CPYF using Variables in CLP

I finally got through to the IBM websites and I found some information on using
variables with the INCREL parameter of the CPYF command.

It states to enter the character value without the 2-byte length field. The
length of the data that is entered determines the number of bytes that are used
for the comparison. If the actual data in the variable-length from-field is
shorter that the value specified for the INCREL parameter, the from-field data
is padded with single-byte blanks (X'40) for the comparison.

BTW,    PRDNO is a 15 character field.   And we are on V4R4.

So I left off the field length in the DCL ....

DCL        VAR(&FPRDN) TYPE(*CHAR)


 CPYF       FROMFILE(&LIBRARY/&FILE) +
              TOFILE(QTEMP/BMHSP100X) FROMMBR(&FMEMBER) +
              TOMBR(&TMEMBER) MBROPT(*ADD) +
              CRTFILE(*YES) INCREL((*IF PRDNO *EQ +
              &FPRDN)) FMTOPT(*MAP *DROP) ERRLVL(*NOMAX)

Here is the result I get now....

     4500 - CPYF FROMFILE(*LIBL/BMHSP100) TOFILE(QTEMP/BMHSP100X)
     FROMMBR(M202) TOMBR(M102) MBROPT(*ADD) CRTFILE(*YES) INCREL((*IF PRDNO
     *EQ 'E-1182PF       01020102000000000')) FMTOPT(*MAP *DROP)
     ERRLVL(*NOMAX)
   Value in INCREL expression number 1 not valid.
   Copy command ended because of error.

It did insert the blanks as needed at the end of the product number variable,
but I am receiving an extra 17 bytes from somewhere.

I looked at my compiled version of the CLP and it has the variable &FPRDN
defined as 32 in length.

Any Ideas?


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