RE: Pointer suggestion

I tend to use the C/MI runtime library functions when dealing with large
pieces of data and I like to store the data in a user space to avoid eating
up true memory (although it may not make much difference today).
Data Structure Arrays are a different animal. They aren't really fully
implemented as arrays, they are just alternative syntax so that you can
access the occurrences in the DS easier. SORTA, LOOKUP, %SUBARR() etc. do
not work with DS arrays. 
-Bob


-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Tony Carolla
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 11:53 AM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Re: Pointer suggestion

<snip>
> Arrays have a similar limitation in the number of elements as fields do in
> the number of bytes.
> It is currently 32k (fields are 64k as Scott mentioned). But those 32k
> elements may be up to 64k in length.
<snip>

When you say the elements can be 64k, is this the max size for the
entire element?  What about a DS array.  Can each field in the DS be
up to 64k, or must the total size of the entire DS be 64k or less?

I doubt that any array element of mine will have a problem with the
64k size limit, probably the 32k element count, but this is good to
know.

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