Re: CL calling RPG with Varying Parm

[Tommy.Holden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Why not pass it as a char and receive into a zoned decimal field??




From:   Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>
To:     Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:   06/30/2011 03:19 PM
Subject:        Re: CL calling RPG with Varying Parm
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Not really...guess I just never realized CL was limited like that...

Personally, I'd would have stuck with integer! :) Bigger number, less
space, and faster...what more could you want?

If the OP can change the RPG, that's a way I would consider.

Charles

On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 4:03 PM, Crispin Bates <cbates@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Having a bad day Charles? :)
>
> The maximum lengths for each of the five types are:
>
>    Decimal -- 15 digits, 9 decimal positions
>
>    Character -- 32767 bytes
>                    Note:  The initial value (specified for the VALUE
> parameter)
>                    of a CL variable can be no greater than 5000 
characters.
>     Logical -- 1 byte
>
>     Integer -- 4 bytes
>
>     Unsigned integer -- 4 bytes
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Charles Wilt" <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 3:49 PM
> Subject: Re: CL calling RPG with Varying Parm
>
>
> Ok...my bad...
>
> v The CL variable value must be one of the following: ? A character
> string as long as 5000 characters. ? A packed decimal value totaling
> up to 15 digits with as many as 9 decimal positions.
>
> Either ditch CL or define it as char and set the hex value to the
> packed value...
>
> Charles
>
>
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