Re: Numeric parameters and return values for utility procedures -- RPG400-L

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Subject: Re: Numeric parameters and return values for utility procedures
From: Barbara Morris <bmorris@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:41:46 -0400
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Steven Harrison wrote:

...
My question is how to get this kind of functionality with numeric
functions? How can I declare a procedure that will accept a decimal
argument of any size and return a decimal argument of any size? Likewise
with integer values? ... Do I declare something like:

D Decimal S 31P 9
...

I would use 63p31 (available starting in V5R3). That way, you can handle any 31-digit value from 31,0 (all integer places) to 31,31 (all decimal places).

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