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Try looking at a manual: substr does not exist in rpg, you want subst or %subst


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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Hoteltravelfundotcom
Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2013 7:20 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Simple use of substr problem

HI I am trying to use in this field, ittrnd, it is yyyymmdd. I need to total according to year/month so i want to substr that but this is not allowing me, any idea why?

YYMM substr(ittrnd,1,6) yyyymm 6
00













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Field Text Len
Dec
ITPRT# PART NUMBER 15

ITQTY# QUANTITY 13
2
ITTRNS TRANSACTION TYPE 4

ITTRND TRANSACTION DATE 8
0

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F3=Exit F5=Report F9=Insert F11=Display names
only
F12=Cancel F13=Layout F20=Reorganize F24=More keys

SUBSTR value is not allowed.
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