Re: DEC CONVERSION ERROR -- RPG400-L

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Subject: Re: DEC CONVERSION ERROR
From: Adam Glauser <adamglauser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:29:21 -0500
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Jay Vaughn wrote:

The target for a numeric operation is too small to hold the result.

HHHH = %DEC(%SUBST(%CHAR(WKSCRTMIN):1:4):4:0);

HHHH = 4P0 AND WKSCRTMIN = 8P0

Can't figure out why I am getting this error.

I'm not sure either, but perhaps
HHHH = WKSCRTMIN / 10000;

would work instead?

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RE: DEC CONVERSION ERROR , Kesterson, Randy
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