Re: How do you use *HIVAL and *LOVAL?????

[Searsdon@xxxxxxx]

*hival is equal to Hex FF , *loval is equal to 00 Hex 
excerpt from the RPG/400 Reference  Manual
Figurative constants can be specified in positions 18 through 27 (factor
1) and in positions 33 through 42 (factor 2) of the calculation
specifications.  The following shows the reserved words and implied values
for figurative constants:
 
Reserved Words     Implied Values
*BLANK/*BLANKS     All blanks.  Valid only for character fields.
*ZERO/*ZEROS       Character/numeric fields:  All zeros.
*HIVAL             Character fields:  The highest collating character for
                   the system (hexadecimal FFs).
                   Numeric fields:  All nines with a positive sign.
*LOVAL             Character fields:  The lowest collating character for
                   the system (hexadecimal zeros).
                   Numeric fields:  All nines with a negative sign.
*ALL'x..'          Character/numeric fields: Character string x . . is
                   cyclically repeated to a length equal to the associated
                   field.  If the field is a numeric field, all characters
                   within the string must be numeric (0 through 9). No
                   sign or decimal point can be specified when *ALL'x..'
                   is used as a numeric constant.
*ALLX'x1..'        Character fields:  The hexadecimal literal  X'x1..' is
                   cyclically repeated to a length equal to the associated
                   field.
*ON/*OFF           *ON is all ones.  *OFF is all zeros.  Both are only
                   valid for character fields.


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