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Subject: Why would this statement fail?
From: James Lampert <jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:34:11 -0800
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Given that "path" is 32767A, and VARYING, and that POS is either 10I or 29P 0, why would

eval pos = %scan('?': path) - 1

give an MCH1201 error when executed?

Compiler is V4R2; OS is V4R4. Also fails under V4R5. Also fails if "path" is 255A VARYING.

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