|
Jim wrote: >I am sure this has been covered before, but... >I am do the maintenance for a bunch of programs that use Eval >for calculations. Every once in awhile I get the error that >the field is not big enough. > >What is the best way to use eval to avoid this? Yes, this has been covered before. The thing to do is this: Fix the bug that gives you numeric values too big to store in the result. Perhaps you need a bigger target variable? Perhaps you need to check the validity of the operands before doing that particular computation? Cheers! Hans Hans Boldt, ILE RPG Development, IBM Toronto Lab, boldt@ca.ibm.com +--- | 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 +---
As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.
This mailing list archive is Copyright 1997-2024 by midrange.com and David Gibbs as a compilation work. Use of the archive is restricted to research of a business or technical nature. Any other uses are prohibited. Full details are available on our policy page. If you have questions about this, please contact [javascript protected email address].
Operating expenses for this site are earned using the Amazon Associate program and Google Adsense.
midrange.com
