RE: Strange behavior w/%editc() -- RPG400-L

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Subject: RE: Strange behavior w/%editc()
From: James Rich <james@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 14:31:53 -0700 (MST)
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On Wed, 27 Feb 2002, Joe Pluta wrote:

>    eval b = %editc( %dec(a : %len(b) : 0) : 'X')
>
> when I simply meant
>
>    MOVE A B
>
> I mean, really, is this readable?  I think to someone just learning RPG, the

What is A?  What is B?  How will moving A to B affect B?  Does A contain
valid data for the data type of B?  The first method answers all these
questions.

James Rich
james@eaerich.com

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