Re: RPGIV - Ignoring decimal precision rules

Try this:
1. Convert field to character
2. Substring out the last 2 positions
3. Convert substring value to number.

 #CYRP = %DECH(%SUBST(%EDITC(WORK299 : 'X')  %LEN(WORK299 - 2) : 2) : 2 : 0)

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From: sjl <sjl_abc@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, June 9, 2009 3:09:55 PM
Subject: RPGIV - Ignoring decimal precision rules

Please don't ask WHY I need to do this.  I just need to know if it is
possible.  I have a packed field named WORK299 that is defined as 29.9, and
another packed field named #CYRP that is defined as 2.0.

I know that I can use traditional RPG like this:
C                  Z-ADD    WORK299      #CYRP

and I will get the 2 least significant digits of WORK299 into the field
#CYRP (it will truncate the leading digits of WORK299).


Is it possible to achieve a similar result (truncation of leading digits) in
free-form RPGIV?

When I tried:
#CYRP = %DECH(WORK299 : 2 : 0)

This statement works if the value of WORK299 is 99 or lower, but if WORK299
contains a value greater than 99, I get MCH1210 - 'Receiver value too small
to hold result'.

Thanks,
sjl