RE: [EXTERNAL] Re: Converting an RPG program to RPGILE to free form -- RPG400-L

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When I change the dcl-s swapdt to packed

dcl-s Swapdt packed(8:0) inz(0);

and remove the 8 0 from the call
I do NOT get decimal data errors

Alan Shore
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-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Shore
Sent: Monday, October 21, 2019 3:45 PM
To: RPG programming on IBM i <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [EXTERNAL] Re: Converting an RPG program to RPGILE to free form

Thanks for your reply Luis
When I convert to free, THAT'S one of the things I am not that sure about

Let me see

Alan Shore
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-----Original Message-----
From: RPG400-L [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Luis Rodriguez
Sent: Monday, October 21, 2019 3:38 PM
To: RPG programming on IBM i <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Converting an RPG program to RPGILE to free form

Alan,

Shouldn't the parameter be a packed number?

Regards,

Luis Rodriguez

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