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Hans: I guess then that 7551 is not issued for V3R2 EVAL also? It did evaluate to false and true as I said on the IF, so I guess V3R2 is different from V4Rx. Can we all start that V3R2 is dead war again ;-) boldt@ca.ibm.com wrote: > Dave wrote: > >boldt@ca.ibm.com wrote: > >> Well, to be fair, there are some tips that aren't mentioned > >> in the manual that perhaps should be. Such as checking for > >> message 7551 in the compile listing to see if any expression > >> is dropping any decimal precision. > > > >Does this apply on an IF? > > > >I recently had a problem with the precision. > > > >0305.00 C EVAL I=DATE_CY*10000 + DATE_YR*100 + DATE_MO > >0306.00 C IF DATE_CY*10000 + DATE_YR*100 + DATE_MO < 199909 > >0307.00 C* IF I < 199909 > >0308.00 C EVAL MOYR_FROM = 091999 start from sep 99 > >0309.00 C ENDIF DATE_CY*10000 etc > > > >DATE_CY, DATE_YR,DATE_MO are all 2 Zoned 0 > > > >stmt 306 evaluated to false when DATE_CY=19, DATE_YR=98, and DATE_MO=01 but > when > >I (which 10I 0) is used for the if as in stmt 307, it returned true. Can > 7551 > >be enhanced fot the IF intermediate result also in V3R2 on? > > First, yes, 7551 is issued when any decimal positions are dropped > from a relational expression. (For an EVAL, the message is > issued only when the number of decimal digits drops below the > decimal places of the target.) Don't hold your breath, though, > for a PTF in V3R2. > > Second, I'm not sure I understand what's happening with your code. > There are no decimal places involved with the expression, so there > can be no dropping of decimal digits. I just tried it out myself > on V4R4, and both conditions are true. > > Cheers! Hans > > Hans Boldt, ILE RPG Development, IBM Toronto Lab, boldt@ca.ibm.com > -- Thank You. Regards Dave Mahadevan.. mailto:mahadevan@fuse.net +--- | This is the RPG/400 Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to RPG400-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to RPG400-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to RPG400-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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