Re: BrainStorming on changes/addtions

["Joep Beckeringh" <joepb@xxxxxx>]

Eurrat,

Not that I wouldn't want a VAL-like function, but with Data type/Keyboard
shift 'D' (pos. 35) in the display file, combined with CHECK(RZ) will get
you almost what you want.  You only have to move it to a numeric field for
your calculations.

Joep Beckeringh


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Van: End of the Trail <endofthetrail@skyenet.net>
Aan: <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
Verzonden: woensdag 18 augustus 1999 5:01
Onderwerp: Re: BrainStorming on changes/addtions


> As long as we are compiling a wish list, I would like to see some sort of
> %value function as in basic.  I have had call to design a screen field as
> char for input accepting only numerics; then right justify, fill with
zeros
> and move it to a numeric variable to be used in the program's calcs.  I
> could not find such a function.  The others seem to convert numeric to
> numeric.  Basic, what I recall, was a value function that returns the
value
> of a char variable. It would save a couple of lines of code.  (I am able
to
> right justify and zero fill the char field using eval and subst then move
it
> to a numeric field).   Soooo....   Star light, Star bright, First Star I
see
> tonight, ....
>
> Eurrat Saylor, Jr.
> End of the Trail       endofthetrail@skyenet.net
> Walkerton, IN


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