Re: Simple RPG question (because the docs are worthless)

[Mark Murphy <jmarkmurphy@xxxxxxxxx>]

Look here:
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_ibm_i_71/rzasd/sc092508748.htm#opcode

On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 9:10 AM, john erps <jacobus.erps@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> What does the "operation extender" M means I know R and H, but not M.
>
> I tried to look into the RPG docs, at opcode "eval" which seems to me a
> logical place to document this, but no. The extenders are mentioned but i
> can't find the doc for M (or R or H). When i click "precision rules" i get
> to see doc about "operation extender" R.
>
> Man how bad is the RPG documentation on IBM's site. It's terrible.
> How on earth is somebody not already having 20+ years of experience in RPG
> ever going to find some info. A simple function like "half adjust" is
> buried as some "operation extender" (instead of a normal half-adjust
> function or BIF or whatever), and the doc on this "operation extender" H is
> almost impossible  to find.
>
> Pff, the only thing worse would be no doc at all. Terrible.
>
>
> Sorry for the rant...
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