Re: Decimal Place in Character String

On 2020-03-02 3:19 p.m., dlclark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Can anybody tell me why the following retains the decimal place in
the returned data:

t_number = packed_data / d_shift;
return %char(t_number);

...but this does not?

return %char(packed_data / d_shift);

This is due to the DECPREC keyword.

https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_ibm_i_74/rzasd/hdecprec.htm

"Keyword DECPREC is used to specify the decimal precision of decimal (packed, zoned, or binary) intermediate values in arithmetic operations in expressions. Decimal intermediate values are always maintained in the proper precision, but this keyword affects how decimal expressions are presented when used in %EDITC, %EDITW, %CHAR, %LEN, and %DECPOS."

If you code DECPREC(63) in your CTL-OPT, you'll get the decimal positions in the output of %CHAR.