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On 6-May-08, at 5:23 AM, Riyadi, Agus wrote:

So, it is like if we define as character. Because program A will receive the
data justify left, even we define as numeric.

Thank's a lots for your help.

You still seem to be missing the point. The program does not "receive the data". Only a pointer to the data. The _only_ information the called program receives about the parameter is where it starts in memory. Period - end of story. Nothing about its size or data type or anything else.

Consequently interpretation of the data is _entirely_ based on the definition in the called program.

Note that all processing of the parameter within the called program, actually happens in the memory "owned" by the calling program - that is why it is critical to match the definitions in order to avoid corrupting memory.

Again this is not a COBOL thing or an AS/400 thing - it occurs with any language that passes parameters by reference which includes (for example) the C language.

Jon Paris

www.Partner400.com
www.SystemiDeveloper.com



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