Re: Why you shouldn't be afraid to use VARCHAR in RPGLE

[Brian Parkins <goodprophet.bp@xxxxxxxxx>]

But W_ADDRESS1 will still be CHAR(200), won't it?

Perhaps I am misunderstanding - I thought Doug wanted W_ADDRESS1 to be 
VARCHAR(200) without the need to hardcode the "200". I don't think it 
can be done.

Brian.

On 05/12/2025 23:08, Charles Wilt wrote:
> LIKE should pick up the both the type and size...
>
> dcl-s w_address1 like(phaddress1);
>
> note: %len() on a varchar is always the length of the current value.  The
> max size is retrieved using %size().
>
> HTH,
> Charles
>
> On Fri, Dec 5, 2025 at 3:28 PM DEnglander--- via RPG400-L <
> rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know how to do something like this:
> >
> > I would like to define a %TRIMmed disk field that is CHAR(200)
> > [PHADDRESS1] as a VARCHAR and eliminate the %TRIMs.
> >
> > So as not to hardcode the size of the VARCHAR, can I define it as VARCHAR
> > but based on the length of the CHAR(200) field? Something like:
> >
> > dcl-s   w_address1      varchar(%len(phaddress1));
> >
> >
> > Can that be done?
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Doug
> >
> >
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