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Would this work? C Eval myRightValue = Right( somefield : 10) If the RIGHT procedure was this: P Right B Export D Right PI 4096A VARYING D InString 4096A VARYING VALUE D nCharCnt 5I 0 Const C Eval InString = %Trimr(InString) C if nCharCnt <= %Len(InString) and nCharCnt > 0 C return %Subst(InString C : %Len(InString) - (nCharCnt-1) C : nCharCnt) C endif C return '' PRight E Bob Cozzi > -----Original Message----- > From: rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com > [mailto:rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com] On Behalf Of Douglas Handy > Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 1:56 PM > To: rpg400-l@midrange.com > Subject: Re: right$ > > > Joel, > > >I'm lazy and absent minded so I don't mind the work field > too much.<g> > >... In some ways I'd prefer the work field so I could look > at the code > >a week later, read the comment, and understand what I was > trying to do. > > That's the same reasons I created a Right() function in a > service program back at V3R2, along with lots of other string > handling functions. It uses work variables but who cares? > The code in the calling program would look like: > > MYVAR = Right( ' thisisseveralcharacters ': 10 ) > > or more likely use a variable name for the first argument. > > Why not just create a subprocedure to do it? And better yet, > put it in a service program? > > Doug > _______________________________________________ > This is the RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries (RPG400-L) > mailing list To post a message email: RPG400-L@midrange.com > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/rpg400-l > or email: RPG400-L-request@midrange.com > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > at http://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l. > >
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