Re: Data Structure array/Lookup questions

I don't think you can dimension a 'traditional' array that way.  There are 
other arrays, playing tricks with %alloc or some such animal.  However, I 
get the impression that is one feature the compiler developers wish they 
could take back.

Do you even need to look at the detail information?  I take it this isn't 
some simple report or you wouldn't even need arrays, just print at control 
break time.  Would a SQL GROUP BY with a fetch loop work?

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I am creating a module whose goal is to summarize around 200k records
(current month) from a file with around 13mil records, into company totals
(around 64 groups).  To save time, I have written an LF sorted by date,
descending, and as I iterate through the file, as soon as I reach a date
before the current month, the loop concludes. 

During this iteration, I would like to summarize each record into a data
structure array (around 64 elements), with one element for each company.
This will avoid iteration through a summary file of the 200k records. 

The questions I have (which I was going to save for the Chicago RPGWorld,
but I can't wait) are as follows:

First of all, can I somehow DIM the data structure array based on the 
number
of records in the company file?  This way, if we add companies, I won't 
have
to modify and re-compile.  Also, I won't have to make a guess-timate of
around 150, and dimension unneeded elements. 

Then, if the array elements contain a 3-alpha and a 11,2-packed field, can 
I
use the %Lookup BIF to lookup the 3-alpha identifier for each company as I
am summarizing?  Will the other data structure field interfere with this? 


Tony Carolla
MedAmerica Billing Services, Inc. 
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