Re: AW: Concatenating G type variables

[Dave Murvin <davem@xxxxxxxx>]

Ewart,

If theses graphic fields are Unicode (CCSID 13488) you could use the 
following:

vnani = %trim(vnani) + %Ucs2('.') + %trim(vnobj); 

The dspffd command should tell you what the CCSID for the fields,.

Dave


ewart.desouza@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi Birgitta,
>
> Thanks a lot. Yes I found that out & I'm now searching for ways to convert 
> the '.' into a graphic character. There are some %GRAPH examples in the 
> manual but the concept is still not very clear. Hope to find a solution 
> soon.
>
> Thanks & best regards
> Ewart
>
>
>
>
>
> Following are 2 Graphic type fields.
>
> VNANI        G        0    247   304
> VNOBJ       G        0    347   358
>
> The following statement does not work.
>
> vnani = %trim(vnani) + '.' + %trim(vnobj); 
>
> Error message:
> *RNF7421 30        045400  Operands are not compatible with the type of 
> operator.
>
> Any ideas how to concatenate G type fields ??
>