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then either alpha = *all'0'; or alpha = *off; followed by evalr alpha = alpha + %char(numeric); would work? Rob Berendt -- "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin Hans Boldt <boldt@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent by: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx 04/21/2003 11:54 AM Please respond to RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx cc: Fax to: Subject: Re: %char in /free Technically, neither of these work since figurative constants aren't allowed with the catenation operator. Ideally, you should have some solution that's independent of both the target of the assignment aand the size of the numeric variable. Cheers! Hans rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > Good suggestion Rick, but just in case the size of ALPHA may change can > you do: > EvalR alpha = *all'0' + %Char(numeric); > > Technically, if you want to mess with someone's mind, the book says: > *ON/*OFF > *ON is all ones ('1' or X'F1'). *OFF is all zeros ('0' or X'F0'). Both are > only valid for character fields. > > So, therefore > EvalR alpha = *off + %Char(numeric); > should work. > > Rob Berendt _______________________________________________ This is the RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries (RPG400-L) mailing list To post a message email: RPG400-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/rpg400-l or email: RPG400-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l.
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