Re: Re[2]: Questions

["Eric N. Wilson" <doulos1@xxxxxxxx>]

Hmmm I thought that was the Wizard named Tim :-)

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From: <eric.delong@pmsi-services.com>
To: <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Monday, April 03, 2000 9:14 AM
Subject: Re[2]: Questions


>
>      "Just a cute lit'le bunny now, eh? Look at th' bones!" -Old Hermit
>      ;)
>
>      eric.delong@pmsi-services.com
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> Subject: RE: Questions
> Author:  <RPG400-L@midrange.com> at INET_WACO
> Date:    4/3/00 8:48 AM
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>
> When I compiled and ran it. I got a message on my CRT saying " Devil
> Bunnies, Devil Bunnies". <VBG>
>
> Bruce Collins
> Twitchell Corporation
> bacollins@twitchellcorp.com
>
> "People who think they know everything really annoy those of us who do!"
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-rpg400-l@midrange.com [mailto:owner-rpg400-l@midrange.com]On
> Behalf Of Jon.Paris@halinfo.it
> Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2000 3:32 PM
> To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: Questions
>
>
>
>
> The result in Res (if it were defined as 2A which is the smallest it
should
> be)
> will be '11'.  Why - well .....
>
> c         MOVEA  *ON  *IN
> First the MOVEA will place '1' in every position in the *IN array - in
other
> words every indictor from 01 to 99 will be turned on.
>
> C         EVAL   RES=(VAR1>VAR2) + *IN35
>
> The expression VAR1 > VAR2 is true since VAR2 is treated as containing 'R'
> followed by 49 blanks and 'RE' is higher up the collating sequence than 'R
> '.
> That logical expression being true renders a '1' since a logical
expression
> is
> equivalent to an indicator which in RPG can be treated as a character
field.
> For the same reason *IN35 renders a '1' since it was turned on by the
MOVEA.
> So
> '1' + '1' = '11' !!!!
>
> I can only hope that this is some kind of "lets see who can write the most
> stupid obscure code in the world" contest because if I ever caught anyone
> programming like this I'd fire them!
>
>
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