RE: DEC CONVERSION ERROR

Personally do not like to use math to do this type of conversion. It
always make me have to stop an exam that calculation.
Data Structure is much easier and straight forward.

The method Jay was using would have been kind of ok if MMSS is 4s0. It
gets confusing when MMSS is 4s2.

-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Wilt, Charles
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 2:27 PM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: RE: DEC CONVERSION ERROR

Jay,

What exactly are you trying to do. I get concerned when I see
num-->char-->num conversions.

With names like HHHH and MMSS, are you dealing with times here?

Source field is WKSCRTMIN is a 8p0 and contains what? HHHHMMSS is that
a timestamp?

Wait, what's HHHH? I was thinking hour but that'd only be HH.

If dealing with dates/times/timestamps consider converting to the
correct data type then extracting what you need.


Otherwise, consider mathematically getting what you need instead of a
double conversion.

MMSS = (%div(HHHHMMSS:1000) / 100)

Charles

-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Jay Vaughn
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 2:48 PM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: RE: DEC CONVERSION ERROR

now this one is giving me trouble where there is a decimal point
involved...


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

MMSS = %DEC(%SUBST(%EDITC(WKSCRTMIN :'X'):5:4):4:2);

MMSS = 4s2

Thanks,

Jay Vaughn
Senior I5 Programmer/Analyst
RateWatch
(P) 251.209.8968
www.rate-watch.com


-----Original Message-----
From: "Lim Hock-Chai" <Lim.Hock-Chai@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries" <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:21:11 -0600
Subject: RE: DEC CONVERSION ERROR


I meant to say "your code will fail or become unpredictable if value
of WKSCRTMIN is less than or equal to 999 .


-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lim Hock-Chai
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 11:14 AM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: RE: DEC CONVERSION ERROR

%char will suppress leading 0. Your code will fail or become
unpredictable if value of WKSCRTMIN is less than 9999. You probably
want to consider changing the statement to be like below:
HHHH = %DEC(%SUBST(%EDITC(WKSCRTMIN :'X'):1:4):4:0);

-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jay Vaughn
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 10:20 AM
To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: DEC CONVERSION ERROR

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.




Thanks,

Jay Vaughn
Senior I5 Programmer/Analyst
RateWatch
(P) 251.209.8968
www.rate-watch.com
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