Re: Procedure Problem -- RPG400-L

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> It seems to me that with a procedure to center a field, descriptors
> are the only way to go. You need to be able to pass any size 
> character field. You would not want to center a numeric field, nor a
> constant, only character fields. So you only have to get the size of 
> a character field. The user should not have to pass the size of the
> field.

Prior to discovering the usefulness of varying length fields, I
would have agreed with you. Now I think varying length fields is the
only way to go.

Joe Teff
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