Re: System 36 RPG Division by zero

[Jim Langston <jlangston@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

AS/400 
System/36-Compatible RPG II
User's Guide and Reference
Version 3

"... Factor 2 cannot be 0.  If it is, the job stops immediately.
The person using the display station can continue processing, however, by
responding to the error message.  When processing continues, the result and
remainder are set to 0. ..."

Regards,

Jim Langston

John Hall wrote:
> 
> I have program that was converted from RPGII to RPG IV.
> 
> It is coming up with a division by zero error.  As far as I can tell
> this program (last run a few years ago) would always have a division by
> zero in it.
> 
> Can anyone tell me what the behavior would be running as an RPGII
> program - i.e. would it just stick a zero in the result field and keep
> going.
> 
> John Hall
> Home Sales Co.
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