Re: array data structure prob

Paul Hepplewhite wrote:

>  i am using an array with 52 elements which will hold quantities
> needed  for each week of the year... these will be populated by
> reading a file finding the week no and quantity by product number once
> all records for one product number  have been read  i will write a
> record to a file  which  when all the records have been read  will
> then be transferred from a temporary phys file to a spreadsheet on a
> pc.. the array is 11 numeric and 3 dec places i am trying the
> following... to move the values from each element of the array to the
> corresponding files in the temporary file          f1
> op          f2    MOVEA    ARA     WEEKS                    ( in E
> specs     ARA   52    11 3 )weeks is a data structure for the field
> names that i want to fill with the right quantities
> i.e
> DS                                                            1
> 572 3 WEEKS
> 1        11 3 WK1       (fields in the to
> file)                                                       1 2
> 22 3 WK2        (
> )                                                         2 3
> 33 3 WK3..... etc for 52 when i try to compile i get error stating
> that array and ds are not the same type and lengthand i wondered if
> someone knows a way of populating the fields basically using the
> method above hope someone can help    cheers paul

Paul,

Look at the compile listing. I think the array is defined as packed and
the subfields in the data structure are zoned.

If that is the problem, define the subfields as packed, too.

Regards,

Carel Teijgeler

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