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

But W_ADDRESS1 will still be CHAR(200), won't it?

Perhaps I am misunderstanding - I thought Doug wanted W_ADDRESS1 to be 
VARCHAR(200) without the need to hardcode the "200". I don't think it 
can be done.

Brian.

On 05/12/2025 23:08, Charles Wilt wrote:
> 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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