Re: Array initialization

Perhaps this will work for you?
dcode128 ds qualified
d filler 16a Inz('ABCDEFGHIJK12345')
D code128Table 1a Dim(16) overlay(filler)



From: "John McKee" <jmmckee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 08/30/2011 01:59 PM
Subject: Array initialization
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Maybe this should be on RPG list. Just seems so stupid.

In COBOL, I could do something like this:

01 CODE128.
05 FILLER PIC X(10) VALUE 'ABCDEFGHIJ'.
05 FILLER PIC X(1) VALUE 'K'.
05 FILLER PIC X(5) VALUE '12345').

01 CODE128TABLE REDEFINES CODE128.
05 CODE128-CHARACTER PIC X OCCURS 16 TIMES.

How do I do this in RPG IV? Specifically, in my example above, I will
need to put binary patters in some places, and printable characters in
others. I know that a DS can be used to do this. I am just stuck on how
to set the values in the DS. I thought the keyword was inz. But, even if
correct, that can't be used in a DS. What I would >like< to do is use
printed characters as much as possible and resort to the hex value only
when needed.

I would have just tossed it in as a compile time table, except for some
patters that are not printable characters. Could also do a brute force
initialization in C-specs - but if that could be avoided.....

John McKee