RE: Incorrect data returned reading EXCEL worksheet using POS API andXlPares_Workbook

["Wintermute, Sharon" <Sharon.Wintermute@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This happens when the actual value in the field is not the same as the data being displayed.  Basically the 1.38- is really 1.3764568-. 

In excel the cell properties may round it up . This happened to me in my excel processor. 



Sharon Wintermute

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From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jeff Young
Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 11:15 AM
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Subject: Incorrect data returned reading EXCEL worksheet using POS API andXlPares_Workbook

I have an EXCEL worksheet where I am selecting specific columns to process in my program.
One of these columns is a numeric column defined with 2 decimal position.
On the worksheet, I have the following values:
1.38-
20.97-
11.44-
0.84
0.80

In my program, I am receiving the following values:
1.37-
20.96-
11.44-
0.83
0.79
 
The PI for my numeric processing subproceedure is :
D NumberCell      PI             1N                       
D   Sheet                     1024A   Varying Const       
D   Row                         10I 0 Value               
D   Column                       5I 0 Value               
D   Value                        8F   Value               

The actual instruction to retreive the data from the cell is :
AdjVarAmt = %Dec(Value : 11 : 2); 

The field AdjVarAmt is defined in my program as TYPE = PACKED(11,2)

Does anyone have any explanation as to why this is happening?

I am on V5R3M0



Thanks,


Jeff Young 
Sr. Programmer Analyst
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