RE: Free Format TESTN?

I gave up using TESTN the first time I got a support call in the middle
of the night where the last character of a string being tested had one
of the characters TESTN thinks means negative.  It's one of those bug or
feature questions. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Fisher, Don
> Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 12:05 PM
> To: 'RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries'
> Subject: RE: Free Format TESTN?
>
> I'd write a function for it.  If you check the archives, you
> will see that TESTN may not behave as you expect.
>
> Donald R. Fisher, III
> Project Manager
> Roomstore Furniture Company
> (804) 784-7600 extension 2124
> DFisher@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
> <clip>
> Should we code a function to replace this opcode?  Is there
> some comparable API?  Should we just monitor for a RPG error
> when using the field?  What is your solution and what is
> IBM's recommended solution?
> <clip>

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