Re: Strange result with exponents...

["Jim Franz" <jfranz@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

v4r5
 DSPLY             1152921504606846976
 DSPLY             1152921504606846976
jim

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Klement" <klemscot@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 10:37 PM
Subject: Strange result with exponents...


>
> Someone posted this question on the iSeries Network's RPG forum, and it
> stumped me, so I thought I'd bring it here and see what you guys think.
>
> I'm running the following code.   The two numbers, VAR1 and VAR2 should
> have the same results, shouldn't they?
>
>      d VAR2            S             30p 0
>      d VAR1            s             30p 0
>
>      c                   eval      VAR2 = (16**15)
>      c     VAR2          dsply
>
>      c                   eval      VAR1 = (16**14)
>      c                   eval      VAR1 = VAR1 * 16
>      c                   dsply                   VAR1
>
>      c                   eval      *inlr = *on
>
> The result of running this program looks like this:
>
> DSPLY             1152921504606846980
> DSPLY             1152921504606846976
>
> So, my question is, what's going on here?   And, why would there be a
> difference of 4?!
>
> As far as I can tell, this only happens on V5R2.  Can anyone confirm that
> it doesn't happen on older releases?
>
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