Re: BIF Nesting -- MIDRANGE-L

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Jon Erickson wrote:
 
> If you're up to date on PTF's I believe the %Len BIF is available but I
> wouldn't stake my life on it, I haven't been on a V3R2 machine in quite some
> time.

I am up to date on the cum tape, but how do I find out if %Len has been
PTFed back to V3R2? (which would be 5763-RG1)
 
> Without %Len, the only other method of determining the length of a strings
> value without using an array, is to use CHECKR (Check reverse) op code where
> you check for the first non-blank position of "SomeField" from right to
> left.

Well, that's what I did, but I so wanted to use a BIF . . .

-- 
-Jeff
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