They say there are no stupid questions...
I have the following statement in REXX code (linkpgm):
some_parm = '00000100'x
That means 256 decimal.
However I want to replace '00000100' with some variable, a result of
some calculations
Let's imagine, x=a+b-c
How to transform x to a proper format for some_parm?
Note: I have to keep the length of the variable, so '100' is not a
solution.
I've tried the following:
x=a+b-c /*let's say x=110+156-10 */
x2=d2x(x) /*x2 is 100, no leading zero's*/
x3=RIGHT(x2,8,0) /* now x3 is 00000100, but it is text string */
x4=x2c(x3) /* x4 consist of 4 bytes, characters are
unprintable, but it is '00000100'x */
It works, but isn't it reinventing the wheel? That means, am I missing
some simpler way?
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Radoslaw Skorupka
Lodz, Poland
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