Re: blanks between numbers filled with zeros

That's not a bad concept, but I'd rather not say that a field designed for
a certain size should never be allowed to utilize its size, however, it
might be a last ditch solution to the problem.




From: Michael Ryan <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "RPG programming on the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)"
<rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 04/04/2016 03:10 PM
Subject: Re: blanks between numbers filled with zeros
Sent by: "RPG400-L" <rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx>



How about RANGE?

https://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/index.htm?info/rzakc/rzakcmst02.htm


On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 3:06 PM, Darren Strong <darren@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

We have a number of screens, that display the current transaction that

will

occur, allowing users to modify the value. Sometimes they enter a number
at the left and the blanks are filled with zeros, making for a huge

number.

Is there a way to prevent this from happening at the DDS level? Ideally,

I

think I'd like the system to say, "That's not a valid number, with those
spaces there."

BEFORE:
4 32.56
3 50.00

AFTER:
4000000000032.56
3000000000050.00

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