RE: Error in the EVAL Statement? (when + is used more than once)

["Fisher, Don" <Dfisher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You may have as many operators as you desire in the EVAL statement.  That
was the whole point of adding it to RPG.  With EVAL, we no longer have to
code:
VALUE1   ADD    VALUE2      RESULT
         SUB    VALUE3      RESULT
         MULT   VALUE4      RESULT
         ADD    VALUE5      RESULT

Instead, we can code:
EVAL RESULT = (((VALUE1 + VALUE2) - VALUE3) *
              VALUE4) + VALUE5

However, if the result of the calculation is a larger number than may be
placed in RESULT, the program will crash with a numeric overflow error.

Donald R. Fisher, III
Project Manager
The Roomstore Furniture Company
(804) 784-7600 extension 2124
DFisher@roomstoreeast.com

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Just for curiosity, but is this a valid statement?

c                   eval      amount2 = amount1 +
c                             + 500.00
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