Re: %DEC

[Raul A Jager <raul@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Is xxutente  "varlength?"

Marco Facchinetti wrote:

> Maybe it's just me not really understanding the meaning of
> "known at compile-time".
>
> i.e.:
> c       eval      xxutente =%EDITC(%DEC(xxutente:          
> c                 %len(xxutente):0):'Z')                   
> c*      eval      xxutente =%EDITC(%DEC(xxutente:6:0):'Z') 
>
> The compiler issue an RNF0328 stating that the second
> parameter of %DEC is not valid.
> The commented line, of course, is working but is in "fixed"
> format and not self adapting as the first one.
>
> I'm at V5R2 and this is from the manual:
>
> %DEC converts the value of the numeric expression to
> decimal (packed) format with precision digits and decimal
> places decimal positions. The precision and decimal places
> must be numeric literals, named constants that represent
> numeric literals, or built-in functions with a numeric
> value known at compile-time. 
>
> xxutente is a field from a ds so why the compiler
> complains?
>
> Any idea?
>
> Marco
>
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