Numeric truncation defaults (was RE: Activation groups for beginners)

>From: "DeLong, Eric" <EDeLong@Sallybeauty.com>
>Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 09:19:49 -0600
>
>1) Numeric truncation - Like it or not, some programmers have come to
depend
>on the old truncation rules.  Those date conversion algorithms (MULT
>10000.0001) and the like would not function correctly without the old
rules,
>and RPGIV issues an error (by default) when it happens.  For maximum
>compatibility, use control spec TRUNCNBR(*YES) to restore the old rules
for
>the initial conversion. Note that this will NOT affect truncation rules
for
>expressions.

Eric, the default is TRUNCNBR(*YES).  By default, RPG IV programs behave
exactly like RPG III programs with respect to numeric truncation.

Maybe someone on your system has changed the command defaults to
TRUNCNBR(*NO).

Barbara Morris