Re: Weird problem with *ZERO on compare of character value

The statements after the IF are not executed.
Control passes to the EndIf associated with the IF statement.
 
Jeff Young
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From: Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: RPG programming on the IBM i / System i <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 5:51:56 PM
Subject: Re: Weird problem with *ZERO on compare of character value

what do you mean by "the compare fails "  ?




Jeff Young wrote:

I have a character field defined as 9A.
This field is an edited representation of a 8.4 numeric field with leading blanks.
Given the value '    .1525', when I compare it to *ZERO using the instruction If %TrimL(Field) > *ZERO, the compare fails.
Using a value of '0000.1525', the compare also fails.
Using a value of  '    1.0000' or anything with a value to the left of the decimal point, the compare works.
I am on a V5R4M5 system with PTF TL58305 installed.

Can someone explain why this does not work as I would expect?

Thanks,

Jeff Young
Sr. Programmer Analyst
IBM -e(logo) server Certified Systems Exper - iSeries Technical Solutions V5R2
IBM  Certified Specialist- e(logo) server i5Series Technical Solutions Designer V5R3
IBM  Certified Specialist- e(logo)server i5Series Technical Solutions Implementer V5R3
 
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