Re: Why you shouldn't be afraid to use VARCHAR in RPGLE

LIKE should pick up the both the type and size...

dcl-s w_address1 like(phaddress1);

note: %len() on a varchar is always the length of the current value.  The
max size is retrieved using %size().

HTH,
Charles

On Fri, Dec 5, 2025 at 3:28 PM DEnglander--- via RPG400-L <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Does anyone know how to do something like this:
>
> I would like to define a %TRIMmed disk field that is CHAR(200)
> [PHADDRESS1] as a VARCHAR and eliminate the %TRIMs.
>
> So as not to hardcode the size of the VARCHAR, can I define it as VARCHAR
> but based on the length of the CHAR(200) field? Something like:
>
> dcl-s   w_address1      varchar(%len(phaddress1));
>
>
> Can that be done?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Doug
>
>
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