Re: Strange result with exponents...

["Peter Colpaert" <Peter.Colpaert@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

What's even stranger, if you make both variables 20i 0, they both come out
1152921504606846976.

Curiouser and curiouser...

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Hi Scott,

Looks like a bug at V5R2 - since they work OK for Jim. Compiling for an
earlier Target Release does not make a difference.

If you drop them to (16**15) and (16**14) they come out the same.

Paul




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