Re: Parameters passed to RPG

[Jim Suiter <jsuiter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 01:33 PM 12/30/98 PST, you wrote:
>Hi Everybody,
>
>I'm stuck.
>I have a RPG program with *ENTRY parameters:
>
>@PCOMP 3   (CHAR)
>@PGRP  50  (NUMERIC)
>@PCENT 20  (NUMERIC)
>@PDATE 60  (NUMERIC)
>
>I have to call this program with following values:
>@PCOMP '020'
>@PGRP  65
>@PCENT 19
>@PDATE 981024
>
>I'm passing parameters as follows:
>CALL PGM(DELGRP) PARM('020' X'00065F' X'19' X'981024')
>
>Rajeev.
>

Rajeev, I'm sorry I don't have the answer to your question, but I have some
questions of my own about the way you are passing the values:

1) What is the purpose of the X preceding the numeric parameters?

2) Why is there an F at the end of your second numeric parameter?

Jim

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