Re: Define field as an indicator in D-specs

That is certainly the case in PHP for example, but if I recall correctly
there are certainly situations in RPG where non '1' values will evaluate to
false - but not a good idea to rely on it I'm sure but ... I just recall
having to try to understand code where someone had set an indicator to
either '1', 'A', or 'B' or some such.

Just ran a quick test and that appears to hold true for the current
version of RPG IV - so in most cases at least RPG appears to be the
reverse. i.e. True = 1 and False = not 'True.


On 2013-12-06, at 2:43 PM, Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

The idea that true=1 and false = 0 is pretty much universal. (Well
technically it's really false = 0 and true = not false. But true = 1 is
pretty common since binary bits are either on = 1 or off = 0)

Jon Paris

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