RE: DDS screen: how to ensure field keyed is numeric foralpha-descri bed field

["David Morris" <dmorris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Richard,

I haven't been following this but you can use _LBCPYNV or _LBCPYNVR to convert 
the format of numeric values.  I could point you to an RPGIV example if this is 
what you 
are looking for. I have found many uses for this in our applications.

David Morris

>>> richardjackson@richardjackson.net 07/12/00 08:57PM >>>
Look up MI instruction CVTEFN.  I know that it will directly create a packed
or zoned, I don't recall if it will directly create a float.  If it won't
directly create a float we could create a packed or zoned intermediate value
then use CPYNV to copy the packed or zoned into a float or one of the
conversion instructions.

You have to feed this instruction some information about the input and the
output but it does all the work in hardware instructions.  I always thought
that it was a splendid instruction but had very few uses for it in my
applications.

sure, it could do all of that kind of thing if someone wanted to put the
work in.  It could be made to adapt to different and output values.

Richard Jackson
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