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  3. April 2020

Re: %str() use discouraged?

For the purposes of converting a zero terminated string into an RPG VARCHAR, it is not inefficient.  It has never been inefficient.  This is what it was designed for.

For other purposes, though... ?   Well, it depends on the purpose.


On 4/22/2020 7:48 AM, Justin Taylor wrote:
I have a vague recollection that %str() is horribly inefficient, and its use is discourage. Am I remembering correctly, and is that still applicable to 7.3? If so, is there a preferred alternative?

TIA

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