Re: Using eval on debug command line

[Scott Klement <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Gary,

The 'EVAL' command in the debugger is very different from (and not 
related to) the EVAL op-code in RPG.  So... it's okay that these two 
'eval' tools don't behave the same.

If your only issue is that the debugger is only showing you the first 
1024 bytes of your field, you don't need to move it to a DS to solve 
this, you can do (at the command line in the debugger)

EVAL MYVAR:C 5000

And this will show you all 5000 characters.

-SK


On 9/27/2012 8:39 AM, Gary Thompson wrote:
> Why do I get an "Assignment type error occurred."
> when I code an eval on the debug command line that
> attempts to copy a 5k byte field into a data structure?
>
> Example:
> Debug . . .   EVAL chds = a5kfld
>
> The identical statement executes in code, but not from
> my debug command line.
>
> I have a module that I use in rpgle where an sql statement has
> parameter markers that must be replaced with a user-selected
> value.
>
> the fields passed to the module are 5k bytes and when I want
> to view these fields in debug I have been coding an eval to copy
> the long field to a DS that breaks the field into 1024 byte segments
> I can display, but I would like to avoid the code, just include the
> chds that breaks the field into 1024 byte segments, and enter
> the EVAL from the command line.