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Status Delivered
Workspace PL/I Compilers
Created by Guest
Created on Jan 12, 2017

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Add MINVAL and MAXVAL built-in functions returning the smallest/largest value for a fixed variable

Inspired by LOW/HIGH for character as well as by TINY/HUGE for float we would like to get new MINVAL and MAXVAL built-in functions returning the smallest (negative or zero) and largest (positive) value for fixed variables only (binary or decimal).

- MINVAL( x ) returns zero if x is UNSIGNED and the "most negative" value x could assume otherwise
- MAXVAL( x ) returns the "most positive" value x could assume
- BETWEEN( x, MINVAL(x), MAXVAL(x) ) is always true

Idea priority Low
  • Guest
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    |     Jan 31, 2017

    Delivered as part of APAR PI75582 / PTF UI44364

  • Guest
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    |     Jan 19, 2017

    Hi Patrick, LOW() and HIGH() was also our intention but Peter Elderon suggested MINVAL() and MAXVAL().

  • Guest
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    |     Jan 18, 2017

    Or could we use HIGH() and LOW() for this ?

  • Guest
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    |     Jan 16, 2017

    this would be good to have

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