Re: *Zeros

[Jerry Adams <jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Uh, I think you forgot to change the '0' to *Zeros.  I just tried fixed 
format with *Zeros; the compiler barfed there, too.

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Holden Tommy wrote:
> That is kinda freaky though....i got the same compile error, etc. seems
> that free format is a little finicky about *ZERO in this form.  Using
> fixed format for the same code compiles fine:
> c                   eval      w#ladj = 0-dlsqty*dlstks   
>
> Maybe you found a bug... 
>
>
> Thanks,
> Tommy Holden
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Holden Tommy
> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 2:25 PM
> To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
> Subject: RE: *Zeros
>
> Not really the answer but...
>
> Why w#ladj = *Zeros - dlsqty * dlstks;
> Seems you want to make the resulting number a negative?
>
> FWIW I would just do this:
> W#ladj = (dlsqty * dlstks) * -1;
>  
>
>
> Thanks,
> Tommy Holden
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jerry Adams
> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 2:20 PM
> To: RPG Midrange
> Subject: *Zeros
>
> Got a "strange" compile error message a few minutes ago:
>
> RNF7421 30 1 Operands are not compatible with the type of operator.
>
> The line in error read: w#ladj = *Zeros - dlsqty * dlstks;
>
> When I changed *Zeros to simply 0, the program compiled without a
> murmur.
>
> So I pulled out the trusty (dusty) ILE RPG Reference manual. Page 126
> says:
>
> "*ZERO/*ZEROS Character/numeric fields: All zeros. The value is '0' or 
> X'F0'. For numeric float fields: The value is '0 E0'."
>
> So I'm thinking (always dangerous), "Oh, *Zeros is a character field."
>
> But, then, I remembered another line in this same program (and similar 
> lines in tons of other programs:
>
> w#ladj = *Zeros;
>
> I scanned some old, fixed-format code and found things like: *Zeros ADD 
> X Y.
> Which means (to me, anyway) that *Zeros is a numeric field.
>
> So, why did I get the compile error?
>
> Thanks.
>