(I've fixed the problem that caused a blank line before that References: header for Rob, so his next post should be better in that regard.)
On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 9:01 AM, Rob van der Heij <[email protected]> wrote: > References: <[email protected]> > > > On 1/28/2016 11:08 PM, Jack Woehr wrote: > > > Glenn Knickerbocker wrote: > > >> ... | specs a: 1-* . set #1:=a > > > This only works on the default z/VM distribution if the entire record > is > > > numeric, right? > > > > Correct. Of course, regardless of pipeline version, the arithmetic that > > comes next will have the same requirement. > > Don't forget we now have the datatype() function in SPEC so that you can > validate the data before trying to compute something, like this: > > | spec a: 10.8 - if datatype(a,'NUM') then set #0:=a else set #0:=0 fi > > And before Jack asks, this requires latter-day Pipes indeed. > > Sir Rob the Plumber >
