Re: Target for numeric operation too small

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John wrote:
>Forgive me if this is a stupid question.  I am relatively new to RPG IV
>(RPG/400 Veteran).  I occasionally get the error "Target  for numeric
>operation too small to hold result"  when my result field is too small.
Is
>there anyway to avoid getting this error besides the obvious, "make my
>result field larger".

Yes, there is a way to avoid getting the overflow exception:
Fix the logic errors in your program that are causing the
numeric overflows.

RPG III was too "kind" in that it did not tell you when your
numerics overflowed, and instead quietly truncated values.

If you really do need your numerics truncated (and I really
can't think of any situation where truncation might be
useful and there isn't a better alternative), convert your
numeric value to character using something like
%EDITC(...:'X') and %SUBST the desired number of right-most
characters.

Hans Boldt, ILE RPG Development, IBM Toronto Lab, boldt@ca.ibm.com