RE: Why isn't my %xlate working?

[Tommy.Holden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

why not just string this together?
message = 'Use date between ' + %Char( minimumdate : *USA) + ' and ' + 
%Char(TodaysDate:*USA);
or whatever date format you want?

Thanks,
Tommy Holden



From:   David FOXWELL <David.FOXWELL@xxxxxxxxx>
To:     RPG programming on the IBM i / System i <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:   08/06/2010 09:03 AM
Subject:        RE: Why isn't my %xlate working?
Sent by:        rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx



All,

d'oh!
 

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] De la part de Mark 
> Murphy/STAR BASE Consulting Inc.
> Envoyé : vendredi 6 août 2010 15:33
> À : RPG programming on the IBM i / System i
> Objet : Re: Why isn't my %xlate working?
>
> Because %xlate is a character by character translation
>
>    message = %XLATE ( '11.11.1111' : %CHAR ( minimumDate ) : 
> message ); 
>    message = %XLATE ( '22.22.2222' : %CHAR ( TodaysDate )  : 
> message ); 
>
> is the same as
>
>    message = %XLATE ( '11.11.1111' : '01.01.0001' :  message ); 
>    message = %XLATE ( '22.22.2222' : '06.08.2010' :  message 
> ); 
>
> 1 will translate to a 0 (see first character in the first 
> Xlate string), 2 will translate to a 0, and . will translate to a .
>
> It is not finding the whole string '11.11.1111' and 
> translating it to '01.01.0001'  you need to use %replace to do that.
>
>
> Mark Murphy
> STAR BASE Consulting, Inc.
> mmurphy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> -----rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: -----
>
>
> To: RPG programming on the IBM i / System i <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> From: David FOXWELL <David.FOXWELL@xxxxxxxxx> Sent by: 
> rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: 08/06/2010 08:58AM
> Subject: Why isn't my %xlate working?
>
>
> This must be obvious, but not to me :
>
> User enters a date which must be between 2 dates.
>
> IF DateEntered > TodaysDate OR 
>
>    DateEntered < minimumDate; 
>
>    message = 'Use date between 11.11.1111 and 22.22.2222'; 
> // Message returned by a standard error procedure. 
>
>    message = %XLATE ( '11.11.1111' : %CHAR ( minimumDate ) : 
> message ); 
>    message = %XLATE ( '22.22.2222' : %CHAR ( TodaysDate )  : 
> message ); 
>
>
> ENDIF; 
>
>
> How on earth am I getting this at the end : message = 'Use 
> date between 00.00.0000 and 00.00.0000' ?
>
> Ps : I realize I don't NEED the xlate function.
>
>
> Thanks.
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