Re: %Subst and %len with UTF-8 data

I believe there is a similar issue with an XML-SAX parser error, which gives a position where the error occurs - or how much of the XML has been processed before the error - one or the other.

It reports the position or offset by byte, not by character. I don't know if this is a general standard, I searched for parser error codes and looked at a couple, such as for a product called LabView at ni.com (not an IBM i product that I could see) - it had a list of 179 codes, and not exactly the same as those reported in RNX0351 - thoughts on my admittedly-brief search?

Regards
Vern

On 8/6/2020 1:24 AM, Joep Beckeringh via RPG400-L wrote:

Thank you, Barbara.

RFE has been submitted: <https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=144464 <https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=144464>>

(And thanks for the helpful instructions on RPG Cafe).

Joep Beckeringh


Op 5-8-2020 om 18:44 schreef Barbara Morris:

On 2020-08-05 4:55 a.m., Joep Beckeringh via RPG400-L wrote:

OK, but then the documentation is, let's say, not very precise :-)

The reference says for %len:
- 'For character, graphic, or UCS-2 expressions the value returned is the number of characters in the value
of the expression.'
- 'For all other data types, the value returned is the number of bytes of the value.'

Thanks Joep. We'll look into clarifying the documentation.