Re: Can't pass numerics to RPG unless they're 15,5

[Buck Calabro <buck.calabro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jim Langston wrote:

>I don't remember why I wound up with
>2 CLs instead of 1, however, but it 
>probably has something to do with 
>not being able to pass numerics 
>other than 15,5 to RPG programs 
>and I wanted to pass them at their 
>real lengths and not have to kludge 
>my program.  

Then simply pass them as their proper lengths!  There is ABSOLUTELY NO
PROBLEM PASSIGN NUMERIC PARAMETERS BETWEEN PROGRAMS (yes, I am shouting!)
The only problem is passing numeric parameters between the command line and
a program.  This is one calumny that refuses to die, and that's one reason I
reply to each instance I come across.

Buck Calabro
Aptis; Albany, NY
"We are what we repeatedly do.
 Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." --Aristotle


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