Re: Alternatives to MOVEL - just curious

[Scott Klement <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

To me, %DIV(num6:100) is the easiest and clearest solution, because %DIV 
is known to strip decimal places, etc.

By contrast num6 * 0.01 or num6 / 100 will result in 2 decimal places. 
Granted, this will probably be removed when assigned to the variable 
(assuming the variable has no decimal places) but that's less obvious to 
me than using %DIV.


On 12/11/2013 3:06 PM, Booth Martin wrote:
> I still do not understand why either mult by .01 or div by 100, with a
> "// extract the most significant 4 digits" comment, is not the easiest
> and clearest solution?  That keeps the sign, and does all the things
> needed.
>
> Question:  with the DS solution is the sign lost?
>
> (A long time ago the idea was to use mult instead of div where ever
> possible to avoid overlays.)
>
> On 12/11/2013 1:44 PM, Scott Klement wrote:
> > Chuck,
> >
> > You're right that %EDITC(num6:'X') will be different from MOVEL if there
> > are decimal places or if there's a negative value. But this seems
> > extremely unlikely in the case of an ID field, and the OP's example did
> > not have decimal places.
> >
> > However, %CHAR(num6) will strip leading zeros and blanks.
> >
> > So while it's technically possible for %EDITC to be incorrect, it's
> > extremely unlikely for this particular scenario.  %CHAR, on the other
> > hand, will almost certainly be wrong.
> >
> > -SK