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  3. September 2012

RE: Problem with dates while converting RPGIII to IV

Dave,

It depends on how you do the conversion.

For example, where A is 3.0, X = 300 and Y = 700,
C X ADD Y A
would *not* cause a machine check. The result (A) would simply overflow
resulting in A = 0.

But,
/free
A = x + y
/end-free

does result in a machine check because EVAL (which is what free format uses
here) checks for overflow.

I once had to put MONITORs around a string of calculations (EVALs) because
the @#$% purchasing "managers" couldn't define pricing factors correctly.

Jerry C. Adams
IBM i Programmer/Analyst
Military Intelligence is not a contradiction in terms, "Light Infantry" is!

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