Re: Data Structure redefinition

Hi Mark,

If I understand what you're trying to do, why not have the 2nd data
structure point to the 1st?

Example:

----------------
D DS1    DS
D  A               LIKE( AA )
D  B               LIKE( BB )
D  C               LIKE( CC )
D            12    inz(*blanks)

D DS2    DS        based(ptrDS1)
D  D               LIKE( AA )
D             6    INZ( 'Space1' )
D  E               LIKE( BB )
D             6    INZ( 'Space2' )
D  F               LIKE( CC )

D ptrDS1 S     *   inz(%addr(DS1))
----------------

No EVAL's required. Note that the lengths of the data structures should
match or you'll undoubtedly get "unexpected results".

HTH,
Peter Dow
Dow Software Services, Inc.
909 425-0194 voice
909 425-0196 fax



----- Original Message -----
From: "M. Lazarus" <mlazarus@ttec.com>
To: <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 3:00 PM


>    Is it possible to have a basing pointer on a DS subfield?  If not, why?
>
>    What I would effectively like to do is "redefine" DS fields in another
> DS.  When dealing with outputting multiple "formats" of the same data, it
> would be much easier to have multiple DS's with different layouts, but
have
> the subfields point to the same data.
>
>   This would eliminate multiple EVALs and would probably be a lot more
> efficient, if it can be done.
>
>
> Example:
>
> D    DS
> D A            LIKE( AA )
> D B            LIKE( BB )
> D C            LIKE( CC )
>
> D    DS
> D D            LIKE( AA ) BASED( D@ )
> D         6    INZ( 'Space1' )
> D E            LIKE( BB ) BASED( E@ )
> D         6    INZ( 'Space2' )
> D F            LIKE( CC ) BASED( F@ )
>
> C         EVAL D@ = %Addr( A )
> C         EVAL E@ = %Addr( B )
> C         EVAL F@ = %Addr( C )
>
>    Is this permissible or is there another way to do this w/o doing EVALs
on
> each field?  By setting a pointer I can do it once in the *InzSR and not
have
> it in-line or possibly in multiple places.
>
>    Thanks.
>
>    -mark
>
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