RE: int vs binary questions

["Christen, Duane J." <dchristen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hans;

Have you seen the figures for the national debt?

IBM is looking for future contracts with the goverment.... <LOL>

Duane


-----Original Message-----
From: Hans Boldt [mailto:boldt@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 8:28 AM
To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: int vs binary questions


Bob Cozzi wrote:

> Well maybe, but I tend to use 10I0 for all my work fields that don't
require
> digits to the right of the decimal notation. If you're working with bigger
> numbers you can certainly use 20I0 and hopefully in V5R3 they will be 40i0
> or 60i0 as well.
> Bob Cozzi

I think the choice between 10I0 and 20I0 is a matter of taste. I think 
it really only matters when you want to store a long list of numbers in 
an array, and the lesser storage requirements for using a smaller size 
/may/ make a difference in program performance.

No, there's no 16-byte integer/unsigned format in V5R3. But there are 
bigger decimal numerics. I really don't know why you'd need it, but RPG 
IV now supports up to 63 digit packed and zoned decimal variables.

Cheers! Hans

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