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<h1 class="topictitle1">Expressions</h1>
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<div><p>This topic discusses the conventions for the expressions specified
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on the Open Query File (OPNQRYF) command.</p>
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<div class="section"><p>Expressions specified on the QRYSLT, GRPSLT, and MAPFLD parameters
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are similar to expressions specified on other control language (CL) command
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parameters. Logical, relational, numeric, and string operations are performed
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by using combinations of field values and constants. Symbolic and named operators
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are supported, as well as many built-in functions, and parentheses are used
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to control the order of evaluation.</p>
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<div class="p">There are also differences in the
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expressions specified on OPNQRYF parameters and on other CL command parameters.
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Listed here are the ways that expressions on the QRYSLT, GRPSLT,
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and MAPFLD parameters differ from normal CL expressions:<ul><li>The expression string must be enclosed in apostrophes if it contains embedded
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blanks or special characters.</li>
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<li>The following differences affect numeric and string literals: <ul><li>Character string constants are quoted by using single quotation marks
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or quotation marks.</li>
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<li>The leading and trailing zeros of a numeric constant are significant parts
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of its attributes.</li>
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<li>Floating-point constants (including the special values *INF and *NEGINF)
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are used in expressions.</li>
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</li>
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<li>The following differences contrast CL variables with database fields: <ul><li>No prefixed ampersand (&) is used in database field names.</li>
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<li>Qualified field names are supported.</li>
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<li>No 'logical' field type exists for database fields.</li>
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<li>Many additional data types are supported for database fields.</li>
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</li>
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<li>The following CL operators are not supported on the OPNQRYF command: <ul><li>*BCAT or | ></li>
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<li>*TCAT or | <</li>
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</li>
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<li>The following additional operators are supported beyond CL support: <ul><li>// for remainder</li>
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<li>** for exponentiation</li>
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<li>*CT for 'contains' (character scan)</li>
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<li>*XOR or && for 'logical exclusive or'</li>
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<li>The following differences affect built-in function support: <ul><li>The %SWITCH built-in function is not supported.</li>
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<li>Many additional built-in functions are supported.</li>
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<li>Nested built-in functions and expressions for built-in function arguments
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(such as '%LOG(%SIN(x))') generally are allowed.</li>
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<li>To support expressions as built-in function arguments, any argument that
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is a signed numeric value or an expression (for example, '%MIN(3 (-2) x (y+4))')
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must be enclosed in parentheses.</li>
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<div class="section"><div class="p">The following table shows the priority of all operators that are
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used for expressions on the QRYSLT, GRPSLT, or MAPFLD parameters. Only operators
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listed for priorities 1 through 5, excluding the *NOT and operators, are allowed
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in an expression specified on the MAPFLD parameter:
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<div class="tablenoborder"><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" width="100%" frame="border" border="1" rules="all"><thead align="left"><tr valign="bottom"><th valign="bottom" width="17.17171717171717%" id="d0e78"> Priority</th>
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<th valign="bottom" width="82.82828282828282%" id="d0e80"> Operators</th>
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<tbody><tr><td valign="top" width="17.17171717171717%" headers="d0e78 "> 1</td>
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<td valign="top" width="82.82828282828282%" headers="d0e80 "> +, - (when used for signed numeric values), *NOT, ¬</td>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="17.17171717171717%" headers="d0e78 "> 2</td>
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<td valign="top" width="82.82828282828282%" headers="d0e80 "> **</td>
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</tr>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="17.17171717171717%" headers="d0e78 "> 3</td>
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<td valign="top" width="82.82828282828282%" headers="d0e80 "> *, / ,// (a / must have a space before the / and/or
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after the /)</td>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="17.17171717171717%" headers="d0e78 "> 4</td>
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<td valign="top" width="82.82828282828282%" headers="d0e80 "> +, - (when used between two operands)</td>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="17.17171717171717%" headers="d0e78 "> 5</td>
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<td valign="top" width="82.82828282828282%" headers="d0e80 "> *CAT, | |</td>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="17.17171717171717%" headers="d0e78 "> 6</td>
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<td valign="top" width="82.82828282828282%" headers="d0e80 "> *GT, *LT, *EQ, *GE, *LE, *NE, *NG, *NL, *CT, >, <,
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=, >=, <=, ¬=, ¬>, ¬<</td>
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</tr>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="17.17171717171717%" headers="d0e78 "> 7</td>
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<td valign="top" width="82.82828282828282%" headers="d0e80 "> *AND, &</td>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="17.17171717171717%" headers="d0e78 "> 8</td>
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<td valign="top" width="82.82828282828282%" headers="d0e80 "> *OR, *XOR, |, &&</td>
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</table>
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</div>
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</div>
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<p>Except for operators ¬ and *NOT, the operators for priorities
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1 through 4 are numeric operators, which require numeric operands. The operators
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for priority 5 are string operators, which require operands to be either character
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or DBCS strings. Priority 6 operators are called relational operators, which
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require at least one operand that is a field name or a numeric or string expression
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(not a constant). The operators for priorities 7 and 8, plus the ¬ and *NOT
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operators (priority 1), are logical operators. The operands in a logical expression
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are relations (constructed by using a relational operator with appropriate
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operands) and other logical expressions.</p>
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</div>
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<div class="section"><p>The operands in a string expression, including string operands
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for a built-in function, are a combination of character fields and DBCS fields
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and constants. If both operands of such an expression are DBCS-only fields
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or constants, the final result from evaluation of the expression is a DBCS-only
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field value. If the operands are a combination of DBCS or character fields
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or constants, the result is a DBCS-open field value. When DBCS fields are
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concatenated, the extraneous shift-in and shift-out characters between the
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fields are removed.</p>
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<p>The result produced by a + or - sign prefixed operator
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has the same attributes as the operand, unless the operand of a - sign prefixed
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operator is a *BIN2, in which case the result is a *BIN4. The result of an
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** operator (exponentiation) is a double-precision floating-point number (*FLT8).
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For other numeric operators that require two operands, if either operand is
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a floating-point number, the result is a double-precision floating point number
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(*FLT8). If both operands are fixed-point numbers, the system uses the information
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in the following table to determine the number of total and fractional digits
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required to produce a packed decimal (*DEC) result. If both operands are zero-precision
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binary fields and/or integer constants, the result is a *BIN4, unless the
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operator is a "/". In that case, the result is the same as for a fixed-point
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result. If the total number of digits required exceeds 31, the number of fraction
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digits is reduced enough to enable calculation of the result with a total
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of 31 digits. If some fraction digits are dropped and the attributes of the
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end result of the computation (the attributes specified on the MAPFLD parameter
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for the field) require greater precision than that of the intermediate result,
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a warning message is sent to indicate that some precision was lost in evaluating
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the expression.</p>
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<div class="tablenoborder"><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" frame="border" border="1" rules="all"><thead align="left"><tr valign="bottom"><th valign="bottom" id="d0e137">Operation</th>
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<th valign="bottom" id="d0e139">Result (Total Digits)</th>
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<th valign="bottom" id="d0e141">Result (Fractional Digits)</th>
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</thead>
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<tbody><tr><td valign="top" headers="d0e137 ">+</td>
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<td valign="top" headers="d0e139 ">MAX(d1-f1, d2-f2)+MAX(f1,f2)+1</td>
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<td valign="top" headers="d0e141 ">MAX(f1, f2)</td>
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</tr>
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<tr><td valign="top" headers="d0e137 ">_</td>
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<td valign="top" headers="d0e139 ">MAX (d1-f1, d2-f2)+MAX (f1,f2)+1</td>
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<td valign="top" headers="d0e141 ">MAX(f1, f2)</td>
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</tr>
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<tr><td valign="top" headers="d0e137 ">*</td>
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<td valign="top" headers="d0e139 ">d1+d2</td>
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<td valign="top" headers="d0e141 ">f1+f2</td>
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<tr><td valign="top" headers="d0e137 ">/</td>
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<td valign="top" headers="d0e139 ">31</td>
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<td valign="top" headers="d0e141 ">31-(d1-f1+f2)</td>
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<tr><td valign="top" headers="d0e137 ">//</td>
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<td valign="top" headers="d0e139 ">MIN(d1-f1,d2-f2)+MAX(f1,f2)</td>
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<td valign="top" headers="d0e141 ">MAX(f1,f2)</td>
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<tr><td colspan="3" valign="top" headers="d0e137 d0e139 d0e141 ">Legend:<dl><dt class="dlterm">d1</dt>
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<dd>Total digits in operand 1</dd>
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<dt class="dlterm">f1</dt>
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<dd>Fractional digits in operand 1</dd>
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<dt class="dlterm">d2</dt>
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<dd>Total digits in operand 2</dd>
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<dt class="dlterm">f2</dt>
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<dd>Fractional digits in operand 2</dd>
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</dl>
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</td>
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<div class="section"><p>When a numeric or string expression is specified on the MAPFLD
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parameter, the attributes of the final result are used in one of the two ways.
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They are either used directly for the field value (if field-type *CALC is
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specified and the field is not contained in the prototype record format identified
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on the FORMAT parameter), or the final result is changed to match the attributes
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specified on the MAPFLD parameter or contained in the field definition in
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the record format identified by the FORMAT parameter.</p>
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<p>Both operands
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of a relational operator can be constants. The fields, constants, or expressions
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specified as operands on the left and right side of a relational operator
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must be of the same type, either numeric or string. Any combination of character
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and DBCS field operands are allowed except that a character field cannot be
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related to a DBCS-only field.</p>
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<p>There are two types of DBCS constants:
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DBCS-only and DBCS-open. A DBCS-only constant has only DBCS data between its
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single quotation marks. This data must be enclosed in SO/SI characters. A
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DBCS-open constant has a mixture of DBCS and alphameric data. An SO character
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(HEX 0E) indicates the start of a group of DBCS characters and an SI character
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(HEX 0F) follows the last double-byte character of the group.</p>
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<p>If a numeric
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or string expression appears as a complex selection operand on the QRYSLT
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or GRPSLT parameter, the attributes of the final result of the expression
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used for the selection operand are changed to match the other relational operand.</p>
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<p>It
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is not necessary for operands of a relational operator to have identical attributes,
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but numeric operands cannot be mixed with character operands. If the operands
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do not have identical attributes, the system changes them to identical attributes
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(except for the *CT operator, where the character string operands might be
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of different lengths), before performing the operation. This change uses packed
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decimal format if both operands are fixed-point numeric operands, or floating-point
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format if either operand is a floating-point number. The changes for fixed-point
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numeric operands align their decimal points and pad them with zeros. Numeric
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type changes might truncate fractional digits if more than 31 total digits
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are required for fixed-point numbers, or might drop some of the least significant
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digits if more than 15 total digits are required for floating-point numbers.
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Character operands are changed by padding the shorter operand with blanks.</p>
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<p>The
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*CT operator performs a scan of the character field or string expression (except
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for expressions made up of a single character string literal) that must be
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specified as the left side of the relation, in order to determine if it contains
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the character string, field, or expression value specified as the right side
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of the relation. The second operand (the search value) must be no longer than
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the first operand (the base string).</p>
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<div class="p">If the string is found, the relation
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is satisfied and the result is a logical value of 'true'; otherwise, the result
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is a logical 'false' value. The following example illustrates this process: <ul><li>Field BASEFLD contains the value 'THIS IS A TEST'.</li>
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<li>Field TESTFLD contains the value 'TE'.</li>
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<th valign="bottom" width="28.205128205128204%" id="d0e231">Result</th>
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<tbody><tr><td valign="top" width="71.7948717948718%" headers="d0e229 ">'BASEFLD *CT ''IS A'''</td>
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<td valign="top" width="28.205128205128204%" headers="d0e231 ">True </td>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="71.7948717948718%" headers="d0e229 ">'BASEFLD *CT TESTFLD</td>
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<td valign="top" width="28.205128205128204%" headers="d0e231 ">True</td>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="71.7948717948718%" headers="d0e229 ">'BASEFLD *CT ''X'''</td>
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<td valign="top" width="28.205128205128204%" headers="d0e231 ">False</td>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="71.7948717948718%" headers="d0e229 ">'BASEFLD *CT TESTFLD | | ''Z'''</td>
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<td valign="top" width="28.205128205128204%" headers="d0e231 ">False</td>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="71.7948717948718%" headers="d0e229 ">'BASEFLD | | ''ABC'' *CT ''TAB'''</td>
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<td valign="top" width="28.205128205128204%" headers="d0e231 ">True</td>
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