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

["Rolf Mittag" <rm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>
> 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.

really it is not the command line . . .

passing parameters as constants is the problem, as the command line passes
constants :

think of a clp with

dcl &n *dec (3 0)

call pgm(xxx) parm(12 &n)

the first is passed as 15,5 the second as 3,0

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