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iSeries / AS400 FAQ : (Category) Programming : (Category) RPG : When I pass numeric parameters to my RPG program from the command line my program isn working as expected, why?

April 26, 2017AS400 category Command iSeries numeric parameters pass program Programming rpg

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iSeries / AS400 FAQ : (Category) Programming : (Category) RPG : When I pass numeric parameters to my RPG program from the command line my program isn working as expected, why?

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The command line doesn’t know what type of parameters it is trying to pass, so it converts all numeric variables into 15,5 before passing them. Number of work arounds include: • Create a command to call the RPG program, which will convert the numeric variables to the length declared in the command. • Pass the numeric values as character data (I.E.