Yes. It also works on D3. Thanks again. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin King" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org> Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 12:59 AM Subject: RE: [U2] OCONV of no affect.
> And that's what you were looking for, no? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Johnson > Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 8:07 PM > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > Subject: Re: [U2] OCONV of no affect. > > Thanks Kevin, ML (or MR) seems to have no effect. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kevin King" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org> > Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2005 10:50 AM > Subject: RE: [U2] OCONV of no affect. > > > > ML > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark > Johnson > > Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2005 7:56 AM > > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > > Subject: Re: [U2] OCONV of no affect. > > > > I'm not looking for a programming alternate or suggestions. Just a > > null conversion. > > > > I didn't invent this situation. It's just one of the zillions of > > examples that I inherit with my client's systems. > > > > Under certain circumstances, a single data field contains multiple > > types of data. This may be dependent on another field. > > > > Thus, code like this exists: > > > > IF REC<5>="N" THEN > > PRINT OCONV(REC<6>,"MD2") > > END ELSE > > PRINT REC<6> > > END > > > > Sometimes both have a conversion and I do this to save typing lines: > > IF REC<5>="N" THEN CONV="MD2" ELSE CONV="D2/" > > PRINT OCONV(REC<6>,CONV) > > > > So I was wondering if this 2 line example could apply to the first > > example. > > > > Thanks in advance. > > (P.S. I wonder how off-topic or deviated this thread will go. I'm > just > > looking for a null conversion) > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Stevenson, Charles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org> > > Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2005 2:43 AM > > Subject: RE: [U2] OCONV of no affect. > > > > > > > OK, I'll bite. > > > How does one find a situation where one wants this? > > > From: Mark Johnson > > > > Is there an OCONV method that does nothing, ie IF > > > > X=OCONV(X,CONV) THEN TRUE. > > > > > > > > I've had a situation where I could use this before and one crept > > up > > > > today. > > > > > > How does one find MORE THAN ONE situation where one wants this? > > > > > > > > > How about if YOUR CONV variable is an empty string? > > > I *think* that for all X, ( X EQ OCONV( X, '' ) ) will evaluate > to > > > true. > > > > > > > > > If that isn't the case, you could write your own "user exit": > > > > > > SUB DONOTHING( STR.OUT, STATUS.OUT, STR.IN, I.OR.O.IGNORE ) > > > STATUS.OUT = 0 > > > STR.OUT = STR.IN > > > RETURN > > > > > > CATALOG BP $DONOTHING (ideal-flavor cataloguing, not pick-flavor) > > > > > > ( X EQ OCONV( X, 'UDONOTHING' ) ) will always be true. > > > ------- > > > u2-users mailing list > > > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > > > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > > ------- > > u2-users mailing list > > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > > Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.7.7/20 - Release Date: > > 6/16/2005 > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > > Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.7.7/20 - Release Date: > > 6/16/2005 > > ------- > > u2-users mailing list > > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > ------- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.7.8/22 - Release Date: > 6/17/2005 > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.7.8/22 - Release Date: > 6/17/2005 > ------- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
