Re: What's wrong with this %SubSt call? Looks fine to me.

I'm pretty sure that the substring comparison needs to be encapsulated.
Thus...

DoW ( NOT %EOF(Source) ) AND
          ( NOT %Error ) AND
          ( NOT (%SubSt( %TrimL(ThisLine): 1: 2) = '/*' ))

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Langston" <jlangston@celsinc.com>
To: <rpg400-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 5:17 PM
Subject: What's wrong with this %SubSt call? Looks fine to me.


>      DThisLine         S           1024A   Varying
>
>  /free
>               DoW ( NOT %EOF(Source) ) AND ( NOT %Error ) AND
>                     ( NOT %SubSt( %TrimL(ThisLine): 1: 2) = '/*' );
> RNF7421S Operands are not compatible with the type of operator.
>
> The %SubSt is highlighted as the error.  What is wrong with this code?
>
> I changed %TrimL(ThisLine): to 'XXX': to test, and same error.
>
> Is RPG trying to do an assignment instead of a comparison?  What am I
doing
> wrong?
>
> Regards,
>
> Jim Langston
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