Re: Code Problem...

Tim,

     SomeDS is occupying the same area of memory in your AS/400 as
the *IN array.  However, when you display the value of SomeDS in
STRDBG, it doesn't display the contents of SomeDS, but rather it
displays the contents of each subfield in the SomeDS data structure.

So, at the start, because all 99 indicators are '0', SomeDS will
be '000000000000'

*OFF means "all zeroes".   so they are the same.

When you change *IN02 to '1', then SomeDS is '010000000000'

Which is no longer "all zeroes".

Granted, you didn't change the values of Indcat03, 05, 10, 11, 12...
and these are whats displayed in STRDBG, but you DID change the 2nd
position of SomeDS, you just dont have a subfield there.

Make sense?




"Hatzenbeler, Tim" <thatzenbeler@clinitech.net> wrote:
> I need help figuring out why this doesn't work the way I think it
>  should....
>
> D  InPtr          s               *   inz(%addr(*in))
>  *
> D  SomeDs         ds                  Based(InPtr)
> D   Indcat03                      n   overlay(SomeDs:03)
> D   Indcat05                      n   overlay(SomeDs:05)
> D   Indcat10                      n   overlay(SomeDs:10)
> D   Indcat11                      n   overlay(SomeDs:11)
> D   Indcat12                      n   overlay(SomeDs:12)
>  *
> C                   Eval      *In02     = *Off
> C                   If        SomeDs = *Off
> ???-- at this statement, the value of SomeDS is = *off, which I agre
>  with.
>
> But if I add...
> C                   Eval      *In02     = *On
> C                   If        SomeDs = *Off
> ???-- at this statement, the value of SomeDS is NOT EQ to *off
>
> I guess what i'm not understanding is this, why would setting on *in
> effect the value of the SomeDS, since *in02 is not part of the
>  subfield? or
> is it?
> If it is part of the subfiled, what would I need to do to only check
>  the
> subfileds that I have defined...
>
> Keep in mind, that when I used the debugger, to eval the SomeDs it
>  always
> showed me '0' for all it's components.
>
> thanks,  tim
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