× The internal search function is temporarily non-functional. The current search engine is no longer viable and we are researching alternatives.
As a stop gap measure, we are using Google's custom search engine service.
If you know of an easy to use, open source, search engine ... please contact support@midrange.com.


  1.  Home
  2. RPG400-L
  3. June 2003

Re: The target for a numeric operation is too small to hold theresult

The result of your calculation is -226.565 while a 5,3
field only has 2 places to the left of the decimal
point.

Scott Mildenberger

--- Ted Barry <TBARRY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I recently converted an rpg/400 program to rpg iv
> and am having the following problem.
> 
> d actltd          s              9  0
> d actbud       s              9  0
> d ltdpct          s              5  3
> 
> 
> eval(h)   ltdpct = actltd / actbud
> 
> actltd = 10422 and actbud = -46
> 
> Any ideas?  I've tried a few times to increase the
> length of ltdpct, but I don't think that's the
> problem.
> 


__________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM).
http://calendar.yahoo.com

As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.

This thread ...
Follow-Ups:
Replies:
Follow On AppleNews
Return to Archive home page | Return to MIDRANGE.COM home page

This mailing list archive is Copyright 1997-2024 by midrange.com and David Gibbs as a compilation work. Use of the archive is restricted to research of a business or technical nature. Any other uses are prohibited. Full details are available on our policy page. If you have questions about this, please contact [javascript protected email address].

Operating expenses for this site are earned using the Amazon Associate program and Google Adsense.