Re: RPG/ILE indirect addressing

>>> Can you use indirect addressing for field and array names in ILE? <<
>
>Andre,
>
>Yes you can. Just define a pointer initialized to null, and use
>%addr(whatever) to assign a value to it. You can base a mask on the
>pointer (or multiple scalars if you need to redefine a simple
>dataspace). You can set the pointer to the address of an array, or an
>array element. You cannot do pointer math, but you can overlay anything
>with an array of bytes and set the pointer to the element at the desired
>offset.
>
Can't you do pointer arithmetic under V3R7?


Charlie Massoglia, Massoglia Technical Consulting, Inc.
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