Re: Character to Numeric can it be cleaned up

["Bill Hopkins" <BHopkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The "can it be cleaned up" was really referring the fact that when I went 
though the archive to check out what release %dec could truly be used. I 
had to read though Hans and Brad's banter about stuff that really had 
nothing to do with Character to Numeric at least 20 + emails to find and 
answer that had something to do with topic.

I do wish that v5r1 could do what v5r2 can with the %bifs. But if the 
Client would just move up....

Have a good day.

Bill Hopkins
 




"Carel Teijgeler" <coteijgeler@xxxxxxxxx>
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Hans, 

I know that.

But I think the work was half done, as those BIFs only worked with values 
known at compile time (literals, constants) and not with values from 
fields in database files.

So a statement like "Eval     MyNumber = %DEC(MyCharacterField)" will not 
compile on V5R1 and older OS releases. This can be done at V5R2 (I hope). 
To get a numeric value in a character field into a numeric field you have 
to use MOVE. At V5R1 with /free at my disposal. (Joe Pluta's arguments are 
still standing!)

So, I still consider those BIFs useless at those OS levels. I would have 
been better, if IBM had not introduced them at that time.

Regards,
Carel Teijgeler

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On 16-8-03 at 9:37 Hans Boldt wrote:

>> Unfortunately, %DEC is not fully matured on V5R1 and only accept values
>> known at compilte time (read: hard coded values). This BIF is therefore 
rather useless at this OS level.
>> 
>> And to think of it: this BIF (and its cousins) were developed to dump 
MOVE in /free. (sic!)
>
>Sorry for the nitpicking, but %DEC, %INT, %UNS, etc. were added to the 
language several releases before /FREE.



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