Re: Bit Operation - BITAND

[Michael Ryan <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx>]

I wonder if it's because %BitAnd is looking at the character value of the
first byte of the bit map? If that was the case, it would be examining F7,
and of course the first bit would be '1'. Can anyone confirm/deny?

On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 9:39 AM, Michael Ryan <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Man...I would have thought this would have been caught before...I must be
> doing something wrong.
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 9:35 AM, <J.Beckeringh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
> > OK, I see what you mean. I get the same result (V6R1):
> >
> > When I put the substring in a 1A field %bitand results in x'00010000'.
> >
> > When I put the field in a datastructure and overlay it with a 3U 0 field,
> > it still goes wrong when I do the %bitand on the character field, but
> > %bitand on the integer correctly gives  x'00000000'.
> >
> > Looks like a bug to me.
> >
> > Joep Beckeringh
> >
> > rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 22-06-2009 14:55:34:
> >
> > > Michael Ryan
> > >
> > > Argh....I said that wrong. I'm comparing the result of the %BitAnd
> > (which I
> > > would think would be x'00000000') to x'10000000', so I would expect that
> > > comparison to be false, and follow the 'no' path. But it doesn't...it
> > > follows the 'yes' path.
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