RE: bug in %editw / %trim? (V4R5)

>For my purposes, I want to %trim any blanks.  In
>order to do so, I'm having to store the edited
>date into an intermediate field, and then
>%trim it

You don't _have_ to use an intermediate field; %trim(%editw() works fine.

>If you try to compile the attached sample, it fails
>at line 7, with RNF7421 'Operands are not compatible
>with this type of operator'.  AFAIK, that should
>not be the case.

>5 C                   eval      $dv = 'Date: ' +
>6 C                                   %trim( +
>7 C                                   %EditW(#date  : '  /  /    '))

RPG IV doesn't use any "continuation" character, so the "+" at the end of
line 6 is the killer here.

By the way, I like your x-message-flag, although it startled me when I saw
it.
  --buck