RE: edit code as variable in %editc()

["Pat Landrum" <PLandrum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

'L' is not a valid edit code and you can not use a variable.

> From the help text for %EDITC:

Float expressions are not allowed in the first parameter (you can use
%DEC to convert a float to an editable format). 
In the second parameter, the edit code is specified as a character
constant; supported edit codes are: 'A' - 'D', 'J' - 'Q', 'X' - 'Z', '1'
- '9'.
The constant can be a literal, named constant or an expression whose
value can be determined at compile time.
 
$ecd should be defined with one of the above valid edit codes.

For example:
     
     D $Alpha          S               10A 
     D Three           C                   '3'         

/Free

   Alpha = %EditC(Number:Three);

/End-Free

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-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of rick baird
Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 10:56 AM
To: RPG programming on the IBM i / System i
Subject: edit code as variable in %editc()

hey all,

is there a way to use %editc using a variable as the actual code?

for instance:

D $ecd            S              1a
D $alpha          S             10

$ecd = 'L'
alpha = %editc(number:$ecd)

when I try this, I get a compile error:

The second parameter $ECD for %EDITC is not a character constant of
length 1.

seems like a no brainer to me, but is it really possible this isn't
allowed?
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