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  3. April 2006

Re: Easy way to define a DS char subfield the same size as somenumeric field?

Hi Scott,
Wow! that took me back. I remember an RPG II program that did just that -- used SPECIAL device file opened for I/O to which it would use output specs to write a formatted number, then read it back in to the get the formatted number into a variable. The SPECIAL device program just moved the output buffer back to the input buffer, a trivial little program.
Remembering that sure makes me appreciate the %editc and %editw bifs even more. 

*Peter Dow* /
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Scott Klement wrote:

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What you're really looking for is output specs that write to a variable :) 


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