Re: Is there an OP-Code to determine if a Numeric Field is Negative? -- RPG400-L

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Peter wrote:
>Although IF constructs are the preferred method, you CAN do something
>different without it:
>
>    C      NBR        COMP    *ZERO                99
>    C   99            MOVE    'Y'        NEGTIV  1
>    C  N99            MOVE    'N'        NEGTIV

COMP really is a thing of the past.  You could code the
above COMP instead as:

    C                 EVAL    *IN99 = (NBR < 0)

Cheers!  Hans

Hans Boldt, ILE RPG Development, IBM Toronto Lab, boldt@ca.ibm.com


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