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Suitable Values for Lossless Assignments When an elementary argument of the operator EXACT is converted to an incompatible data type, the argument must contain a value suitable for the target type as shown in the following tables. This avoid loss of values and provides a valid value for the target type.
Numeric Target Types
Target type with numeric type (except f)ArgumentSuitable Values Numeric data typeNumbers from the value range of the target type that do not have to be rounded. Inappropriate values raise exceptions from the class CX_SY_CONVERSION_ROUNDING or CX_SY_CONVERSION_OVERFLOW. Character-like data typeNumbers from the value range of the target type that do not have to be rounded. In arguments of type c or string, appropriate number representations determined after applying the conversion rules are permitted if their value lies within the value range and does not have to be rounded. Arguments of type c or string are also permitted if they contain only blanks or empty strings. Arguments of type n can contain as many digits after leading zeros that are permitted within the value range. In arguments of types d and t, all valid date and time specifications are permitted; however they cannot be assigned to the target types b and s. Inappropriate values raise exceptions from the class CX_SY_CONVERSION_ROUNDING or CX_SY_CONVERSION_OVERFLOW. Byte-like data typeNot allowed
Target type of type fArgumentSuitable Values Numeric data typeIntegers with a maximum of 15 digits. In arguments of type i (b, s ), all values are permitted. In arguments of types int8, p, decfloat16, and decfloat34, a maximum of 15 decimal digits, but no decimal places are permitted. Inappropriate values raise an exception from class CX_SY_CONVERSION_INEXACT_FLTP. Character-like data typeIntegers with a maximum of 15 digits. In arguments of type c or string , numbers can be expressed in scientific notation. The values are integers with a maximum of 15 digits. Arguments of type c or string are also permitted if they contain only blanks or empty strings. Arguments of type n can contain up to 15 digits after leading zeros. In arguments of types d and t, all valid specified dates and times are permitted. Inappropriate values raise an exception from class CX_SY_CONVERSION_INEXACT_FLTP. Byte-like data typeNot allowed
Character-Like Target Types
Target type of type cArgumentSuitable Values Numeric data typeNumbers for which the result from the conversion to type c is not longer than the target type; the result cannot be rounded. Positive signs represented as blanks are ignored. Inappropriate values raise exceptions from classes CX_SY_CONVERSION_OVERFLOW or CX_SY_CONVERSION_ROUNDING. Character-like data type Character strings not longer than the target type. In arguments of type c, trailing blanks are ignored. In arguments of type string , no characters are ignored, including trailing blanks. Inappropriate values raise an exception from class CX_SY_CONVERSION_DATA_LOSS. Byte-like data type Byte chains for which the result from the conversion to type c is not longer than the target type. Inappropriate values raise an exception from class CX_SY_CONVERSION_DATA_LOSS.
Target type of type stringArgumentSuitable Values Numeric data type Any valid numbers. Character-like data type Any character strings. Byte-like data typeAny byte chains.
Target type of type nArgumentSuitable Values Numeric data typePositive integers including 0, in which the number of digits does not exceed the length of the target type. Inappropriate values raise exceptions from classes CX_SY_CONVERSION_OVERFLOW or CX_SY_CONVERSION_ROUNDING. Character-like data typeA closed sequence of digits that cannot be longer than the target type (excluding the leading zeros). Arguments of type c and string can contain additional leading and trailing blanks. Arguments of type d and t cannot contain blanks and the target type must have the same length as the source fields. Inappropriate values raise exceptions from classes CX_SY_CONVERSION_NO_NUMBER or CX_SY_CONVERSION_OVERFLOW . Byte-like data typeNot allowed
Target type of type dArgumentSuitable Values Numeric data typePositive integers between 0 and 3652060 (which corresponds to the date 12/31/9999). Inappropriate values raise exceptions from classes CX_SY_CONVERSION_OVERFLOW or CX_SY_CONVERSION_ROUNDING. Character-like data type A left-aligned valid date specification with the format 'yyyymmdd'. Arguments of type n and string can contain these eight digits only. Arguments of type c can also contain trailing blanks. Inappropriate values raise an exception from class CX_SY_CONVERSION_NO_DATE. Byte-like data typeNot allowed
Target type of type tArgumentSuitable Values Numeric data typePositive integers between 0 and 86399 (which corresponds to the time 23:59:59). Inappropriate values raise exceptions from classes CX_SY_CONVERSION_OVERFLOW or CX_SY_CONVERSION_ROUNDING. Character-like data typeA left-aligned valid time specified with the format 'hhmmss'. Arguments of type n and string can contain only these six digits. Arguments of type c can also contain trailing blanks. Inappropriate values raise an exception from class CX_SY_CONVERSION_NO_TIME . Byte-like data typeNot allowed
Byte-Like Target Types
Target type of type xArgumentSuitable Values Numeric data typeNot allowed Character-like data type An even number of characters between '0' and '9' and 'A' and 'F' in a closed sequence. The number of bytes represented must correspond exactly to the length of the target type. Other characters are not permitted; the only exception is that trailing blanks in arguments of type c are ignored. Arguments of types n, d, and t are not permitted. Inappropriate values raise exceptions from classes CX_SY_CONVERSION_SRC_TOO_SHORT, CX_SY_CONVERSION_DATA_LOSS, or CX_SY_CONVERSION_NO_RAW. Byte-like data typeA byte chain that has exactly the same length as the target type. Inappropriate values raise exceptions from classes CX_SY_CONVERSION_SRC_TOO_SHORT or CX_SY_CONVERSION_DATA_LOSS.
Target type of type xstringArgumentSuitable Values Numeric data typeNot allowed Character-like data type An even number of characters between '0' and '9' and 'A' and 'F' in a closed sequence. Other characters are not permitted; the only exception is that trailing blanks in arguments of type c are ignored. Arguments of types n, d, and t are not permitted. Inappropriate values raise an exception from class CX_SY_CONVERSION_NO_RAW. Byte-like data typeA byte chain of any length.
