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That did return the pointer back, but the original string was modified. 

String sent
'70500607050AEI02x' 

String returned
'J0500607050AEI02x' 

I was expecting to get just the value J which is the check digit that got 
generated.

On 4/20/05, Elvis Budimlic <ebudimlic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> What if you use:
> 
> // Mod 36 Check bit calculator
> char* Pr_ChkDigit(char *str)
> {
> 
> char chkdigit;
> 
> //Calcuations
> // Get checkbit from the Mapping Matrix
> chkdigit=reverse_map(c1,c2) ;
> *str = chkdigit;
> return str;
> 
> }
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: c400-l-bounces+ebudimlic=centerfieldtechnology.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:c400-l-bounces+ebudimlic=centerfieldtechnology.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> On
> Behalf Of Krish Thirumalai
> Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 3:42 PM
> To: c400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [C400-L] Returning character variables from C to RPG
> 
> Writing my first program in C in the ILE environment and I am really
> puzzled.
> 
> I have the following RPG program that is calling a C function, but all i 
> get
> 
> back is a Null each time. If i put it in debug mode i can see that the 
> value
> 
> of chkdigit is correct, but then, when i get it back in my RPG, the value 
> is
> 
> NULL.
> 
> Can someone point out what i am doing wrong ?
> 
> RPG program
> 
> D Pr_ChkDigit PR * ExtProc('Pr_ChkDigit')
> D * Options(*string) value
> 
> D Wrk_Str s 36A
> D Wrk_Null s 1A Inz(X'00')
> D Wrk_ChkDigit s 1A
> D Ptr_ChkDigit s * INZ(%ADDR(Wrk_ChkDigit))
> 
> /Free
> Wrk_Str = '70500607050AEI02x' + Wrk_Null;
> Ptr_ChkDigit = Pr_ChkDigit(%Addr(Wrk_Str));
> Dsply Wrk_ChkDigit;
> *InLr = *on;
> /End-Free
> 
> C service program
> 
> // Mod 36 Check bit calculator
> char* Pr_ChkDigit(char *str)
> {
> 
> char chkdigit;
> char* check_bit;
> 
> //Calcuations
> // Get checkbit from the Mapping Matrix
> chkdigit=reverse_map(c1,c2) ;
> *check_bit = chkdigit;
> return check_bit;
> 
> }
> 
> --
> Krish Thirumalai
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-- 
Krish Thirumalai

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