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OS/400 Edition
Volume 3, Number 9 -- February 12, 2003

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Extract Packed Decimal Numbers from Character Strings

Hey, Ted:

Do you know how to convert a packed decimal value that is embedded within a character variable to a usable form using RPG?

-- Wayne

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Odds and Ends

Dear Readers:

Here's another installment of the "Odds and Ends" column. I think many of you will find something of interest. Enjoy.

-- Ted

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Reader Feedback and Insights: Unix Shells for Windows

Recently, I needed to test a database--PostgreSQL--that required me to download and install cygwin on my PC. Cygwin reminds me a lot of QShell on the iSeries. I found it very useful to be able to run and test a number of functions, such as sed, grep, and find, on my PC. Since you probably do that type of testing for your numerous Qshell tips, I thought I would pass along this tip.

-- David

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