RE: Checking for an odd number

I'm not so sure it's that expensive when using integer fields as opposed
to packed or zoned...what's a couple of nanoseconds anyway?? 


Thanks,
Tommy Holden


-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces+tommy.holden=hcahealthcare.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces+tommy.holden=hcahealthcare.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Lim Hock-Chai
Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 10:41 AM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: RE: Checking for an odd number

yep.  Dividing is very expensive.  Not sure if that is unique in i5 or
it is just expensive.  

-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of
dkahn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Just for giggles here is a quirky and
old-fashioned but highly efficient way to do it. It seems to be about
ten times faster than the
remainder-from-divide-by-2 method. 

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