Re: Enter minus and the } character

[Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have to add to this - this is from the Y keyboard shift attribute - 
there is another similar passage for the S keyboard shift, as well as 
considerations for choosing one against the other. I won't duplicate it 
all here, it's in the manual, in Chapter 1.

Vern

On 12/9/2010 7:54 AM, Elbert Cook wrote:
> This is a clip from the V5R4 "DDS for Display Files" manual.
>
> Negative numbers are handled as follows:
> The user can type a negative number on input in one of two ways:
> 1.) Type the digits, then a minus. The minus sign (-) appears (hex 60) on
> the display where it was typed in.
> 2.) Type the digits, then press the Field- key.
>
> If you do not specify CHECK(RZ) or CHECK(RB), a brace (}) is displayed in
> the farthest right position.
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Booth Martin [mailto:booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 9:44 PM
> To: RPG programming on the IBM i / System i
> Subject: Enter minus and the } character
>
> I am not sure that what I am seeing is what I think I am seeing.  Maybe
> it has always been like this, but this seems like new behavior.
>
> I have a DSPF with a 5/0 in a numeric field.**
> **
> ADDDAYS       5Y 0B 16 19EDTCDE(N)**
> **
> It  worked just fine, and when Enter(-) was keyed, I would see the } at
> the right side.  It is what I expected.
>
> I then changed a line of code up above, unrelated to this field, and the
> screen would no longer compile.  I tried various EDTCDE()s and finally,
> in desperation I tried**
>
> **ADDDAYS    5S 0B 16 19
>
> Well didn't my socks fall off!  It compiled fine, then I tried it out
> and Enter(-) gave me  the field with the number followed by an ordinary
> minus sign ( no } ).  It had not been processed; it behaved just like it
> always has, except for displaying the number properly.
>
> Has it always been like this, and I didn't realize it?
>
> http://www.martinvt.com/Code_Samples/Date_Math/date_math.html is where
> it happened, if you want to look at it
>
> ****