RE: Does anyone use indicators anymore?

Yeap.  That is what those three indicators are for.

See below from IBM doc about those three indicators:

Positions 71 and 72: 
The result field contains numeric characters; the low-order character
may also be a letter from A to R, since these characters have a zone of
C, D, or F, and a digit of 0 to 9. 

Positions 73 and 74: 
The result field contains both numeric characters and at least one
leading blank. For example, the values  123 or   123 set this indicator
on. However, the value  1 23 is not a valid numeric field because of the
embedded blanks, so this value does not set this indicator on. 

Note:
An indicator cannot be specified in positions 73 and 74 when a field of
length one is tested because the character field must contain at least
one numeric character and one leading blank. 
Positions 75 and 76: The result field contains all blanks.  

-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Fisher, Don
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 1:44 PM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: RE: Does anyone use indicators anymore?

You forgot to mention that some letters are considered numbers by TESTN.
I learned that very early in my career the hard way.

Donald R. Fisher, III
Project Manager
RoomStore, Inc.
(804) 784-7600 ext. 2124
dfisher@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

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I hate TESTN:
- Not supported in Free.
- As far as I can remember, it does not recognize decimal point, + and -
sign.
- Worst of all, you got three different indicator that tells you three
different conditions.
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