Re: parse a negative number out of a before image string

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"MIDRANGE-L" <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 02/28/2020 
02:06:24 PM:
> so after this executes...
>
> %subst(char_area
>              :%size(packed_data)-field_bytlen+1    // = 9-5 + 1 = 5
>              :field_bytlen)                                         // = 
5
>          = %subst(trigger_buf:field_pos:field_bytlen);
>
> i have this...
>
> EVAL ds_chararea
> DS_CHARAREA.PACKED = 40404040000000000 4040404040404.
> DS_CHARAREA.ZONED =                                .
>
>
> i'm processing a decimal(9,2)...
>
> then data decimal error.


        You misinterpreted one of the names I gave you. %size(packed_data) 
is not your data but the redefined data structure I gave you.  Thus the 
result of %size() should be 16 and not 9.


Sincerely,

Dave Clark