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Workspace IBM i
Categories Languages - RPG
Created by Guest
Created on Feb 8, 2024

RELATED IDEAS

Add %hival() and %loval() BIFs

The *HIVAL and *LOVAL features in RPG are extremly usefull.

But especially when comparing, the compiler assumes, that *HIVAL/*LOVAL are according to the compared field - but often you have to compare a value to the *HIVAL/*LOVAL of another field - e.g. to avoid numeric overflow.

In such cases you first have to assign *HIVAL/*LOVAL to the other field and then compare the values.

So new built-in functions for highest and lowest values of a field would be usefull.

%HIVAL(field)
%LOVAL(field)

Most probably the values for %hival() and %loval() could be calculated at compile time - just like %size().

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Nov 22, 2024
    IBM believes that the solution for the Idea described is available with PTFs for 7.4 and 7.5.

    New built-in functions %HIVAL and %LOVAL are available. You can get the highest or lowest value for a variable or you can get the highest or lowest item in an enumeration.

    The following PTFs provide support for %HIVAL and %LOVAL:
    7.4 TGTRLS(*CURRENT) - 5770WDS SJ02912
    7.5 TGTRLS(*CURRENT) - 5770WDS SJ02922
    7.5 TGTRLS(*PRV) - 5770WDS SJ02923

    See the "What's new since 7.4?" page in the ILE RPG Reference for 7.4:https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/ssw_ibm_i_74/rzasl/rpgrelv7r4post.htm

    See the "What's new since 7.5?" page in the ILE RPG Reference for 7.5:https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/ssw_ibm_i_75/rzasl/rpgrelv7r5post.htm

    - IBM Power Systems Development
  • Guest
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    |     Feb 9, 2024
    IBM will use this Idea as input to planning, but no commitment is made or implied. This Idea will be updated in the future if IBM implements it. IBM will use votes and comments from others in the community to help prioritize this Idea.

    - IBM Power Systems Development

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