%UNS or %INT

[thelearner]

Hi,

I want to convert character field that contains a date value to numeric field. Is there any advantage in using
%UNS versus %INT, or they make no different?

 

[flapeyre]

From the IBM manual:

Unsigned Format:

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r1/ic2924/books/c0925083171.htm#HDRUNSFMT9

Integer Format:

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r1/ic2924/books/c0925083169.htm#HDRINTFMT9

So, if there is no possibility of your result being negative, use %UNS, otherwise, stick with %INT.


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