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Ted,

10422 / -46 is -226.565.  A 5,3 field can only hold 2 positions to the left
of the decimal point not three.  Define ltdpct 6,3.

Schadd Gray
Damon Technologies, Inc.
www.damontech.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ted Barry" <TBARRY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 1:57 PM
Subject: The target for a numeric operation is too small to hold the result


> I recently converted an rpg/400 program to rpg iv and am having the
following problem.
>
> d actltd          s              9  0
> d actbud       s              9  0
> d ltdpct          s              5  3
>
>
> eval(h)   ltdpct = actltd / actbud
>
> actltd = 10422 and actbud = -46
>
> Any ideas?  I've tried a few times to increase the length of ltdpct, but I
don't think that's the problem.
>
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