Re: RPGIV - Ignoring decimal precision rules

[Scott Klement <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Steve,

Kind of a weird request, but...  I guess you could do something like this:

 #CYRP = %rem( %int(WORK299) : 100 );



sjl wrote:
> Please don't ask WHY I need to do this.  I just need to know if it is 
> possible.  I have a packed field named WORK299 that is defined as 29.9, and 
> another packed field named #CYRP that is defined as 2.0.
>
> I know that I can use traditional RPG like this:
> C                  Z-ADD    WORK299       #CYRP
>
> and I will get the 2 least significant digits of WORK299 into the field 
> #CYRP (it will truncate the leading digits of WORK299).
>
>
> Is it possible to achieve a similar result (truncation of leading digits) in 
> free-form RPGIV?
>
> When I tried:
> #CYRP = %DECH(WORK299 : 2 : 0)
>
> This statement works if the value of WORK299 is 99 or lower, but if WORK299 
> contains a value greater than 99, I get MCH1210 - 'Receiver value too small 
> to hold result'.
>
> Thanks,
> sjl