Re: FOR and %occur

Hi Bruce,

I think your point about the variable getting incremented past the limit of
the mods is the most likely reason.  Thanks for pointing that out.

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From: "Bruce Guetzkow" <bruceg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> <snip>
>     for %occur(mods) = 1 to 3;
>         ..do something..
>     endfor;
> </snip>
> Perhaps one of the IBM crew can do more to explain why the BIF can't be
> used directly.  One other point to consider:  I believe the for-loop
> ends when the index value exceeds the limit.  In my example, when
> modlevel > 3.  If you could use the %occur(mods), you would normally
> want to execute your statements for all mods (just my guess).  Assuming
> you have 3 occurrences, the last increment would set the %occur(mods) to
> 4, which would probably cause an error (although I suppose you could put
> the loop in a monitor, but that is another issue).



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