RE: %Len vs. %Size in %Replace

["DeLong, Eric" <EDeLong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mark, the size of the field indicates its defined size (in bytes), but it
doesn't necessarily mean that the field holds that much data.  Varying
length character fields and double-byte-character-sets really depend on
interpreting the length of the character string, not the actual number of
bytes that was reserved by the compiler.

Eric DeLong
Sally Beauty Company
MIS-Project Manager (BSG)
940-898-7863 or ext. 1863



-----Original Message-----
From: M. Lazarus [mailto:mlazarus@xxxxxxxx]
Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2003 12:58 PM
To: RPG400-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: %Len vs. %Size in %Replace


  Why doesn't %Replace() accept the %Size BIF in the 4th parm?

  This won't compile - it receives "RNF0384 The fourth parameter for 
%REPLACE is not valid."

ObjectName      10A
String  80A

C       EVAL String = %Replace( ObjectName :
                        String :
                        %Scan( 'qqqqqqqqqq': String ) :
                        %Size( ObjectName ) )

  This does compile:

C       EVAL String = %Replace( ObjectName :
                        String :
                        %Scan( 'qqqqqqqqqq': String ) :
                         %Len( ObjectName ) )

  -mark

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