Re: Implicit type conversion from boolean to character -- RPG400-L

Subject: Re: Implicit type conversion from boolean to character
From: "Rory Hewitt" <roryhewitt@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 09:07:53 -0800
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Aaron,

From the Figurative Constants section of the V5R3 RPGIV manual (

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v5r3/index.jsp?topic=/books_web/c0925085123.htm
):

"The figurative constants *BLANK/*BLANKS, *ZERO/*ZEROS, *HIVAL, *LOVAL,
*NULL, *ALL'x..', *ALLG'oK1K2i', *ALLU'XxxxYyyy', *ALLX'x1..', and *ON/*OFF
are implied literals that can be specified without a length, because the
implied length and decimal positions of a figurative constant are the same
as those of the associated field.
...
*ON is all ones ('1' or X'F1'). *OFF is all zeros ('0' or X'F0'). Both are
only valid for character fields."

Obviously the associated field here is taken from the procedure prototype.

Rory

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