RE: [Re: RPGILE V4.3 Gotcha]

[Buck Calabro <mcalabro@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am reading from the ILE RPG/400 Reference SC09-2077-01 (on CD-ROM),
V3R7M0, 4.4.36 EVAL.  The V4R2 version SC09-2508-01 has similar wording
directing the reader to the chapter on expressions.  It looks like your
version is V3R6.  Another case of "documentationitis," I guess.

Buck Calabro
Aptis; Albany, NY
mailto:Buck.Calabro@aptissoftware.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Langston 
> Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 1999 12:16 PM
> To:   RPG400-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      Re: [Re: RPGILE V4.3 Gotcha]
> 
> That is strange, because that is not the next line in my manual!
> The part number is SC09-1526-00
> First Edition (September 1994)
> What version is yours?
> 
> The line "... The rules for half adjusting are equivalent to those for the
> arithmetic operations."
> is the last line on page 362.  Page 363 is examples such as:
> 
> CL0N01Factor1++++++++Opcode(E)+Extended-factor2++++++++++++++++++++++++
> C*                                        Assume FIELD1 = 10
> C*                                        Assume FIELD2 = 9
> 
> etc...
> 
> 
> 
> Buck Calabro wrote:
> 
> > Jim,
> > With the greatest of respect, the very next line in the manual (V3R7) is
> not
> > some examples, it is:
> > "See Chapter 21, "Expressions" for general information on expressions.
> See
> > "Precision Rules for Numeric Operations" in topic 4.2.7 for information
> on
> > precision rules for numeric expressions.  This is especially important
> if
> > the expression contains any divide operations, or if the EVAL uses any
> of
> > the operation extenders."
> 
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