Re: Moving a field and removing blanks

["Mark S. Waterbury" <mark.s.waterbury@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If you really need to do a MOVE, why not just code:

      /end-free
     C                   MOVE      FIELDA        FIELDB
      /free

Use the right tool for the job at hand.

> On 12/3/2010 9:40 AM, hockchai Lim wrote:
> I don't run into this situation a lot.  But I know I've been asked about how
> to perform this MOVE feature in free form several time before and my answer
> is always: use DS overlay or %dec+division and make sure to handle blank
> string, otherwise the program is going to blow up.  I've not run into the
> situation where the string has a N at the tail end that indicates the value
> is a negative (Now, that would be a bit harder to handle).
>
> well, remember this thread
> news:mailman.13071.1289394647.2702.rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx?
>
> Obviously, we all can code around the lack of this feature in free form.
> I'm just saying that I miss that feature sometime :)