RE: Accumulator Variables

[Kurt Anderson <kurt.anderson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Kick ass.
I threw the decimal thing in there to try to be comprehensive, however our concern is mainly to the left of the decimal.  Thanks for the quick response, John and Jon.

-Kurt

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From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jon Paris
Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 12:13 PM
To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Accumulator Variables

You already can to a major degree - at least in terms of the length example. Just put the +2 in the length field.

> D QtyA            S               +2   Like( FileA.UsageQty)


Can't change decimals but ...


On Jul 6, 2011, at 1:00 PM, rpg400-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Quite often, for a report, we are accumulating fields (dollars or quantity generally).  The accumulator variable usually needs to be a step larger than the variable that's being accumulated.  So, wouldn't it be nice if we could do something like this:
>
> D QtyA            S                   Like( FileA.UsageQty + 2)
> D QtyB            S                   Like( FileA.UsageQty + 2,1)

Jon Paris

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