Re: _CLRBTS & _SETBTS not working in RPGLE (at least not for me!)

>From: "Leif Svalgaard" <leif@leif.org>
>Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2001 16:07:18 -0600
>
>remove both the value and the options clause.
>and it will work.
>
>> From: Craig Rutledge <craig_rutledge@mohawkind.com>
>> > I can not get the _CLRBTS or _SETBTS to function at all.
>> ==>Craig, I have your program. Here is a portion of the prototype
>> for CLRBTS:
>>
>> i_bit_string                   *   value options(*string)

Removing VALUE means the pointer will be passed by reference.  _CLRBTS
wants data to be passed by reference.  The value keyword is correct;  If
you remove it, you have to also change the data type to be character or
numeric, to be passed by reference.

Options(*string) IS wrong - it implies that character literals can be
coded as parameters.  But it's not likely to be the source of the
problem unless a literal or expression is being passed.  As long as you
pass a pointer or %addr(field), it wouldn't matter whether the option was
coded or not.

Here is a working program; running it in the debugger showed that it
gave the expected results.

D clrbts          pr                  extproc('_CLRBTS')
D   data                          *   value
D   bit                         10u 0 value

D data            s              3a   inz(X'ffffff')

C                   callp     clrbts (%addr(data): 0)
 * now x'7fffff'?
C                   callp     clrbts (%addr(data): 8 + 7)
 * now x'7ffeff'?
C                   return

Barbara Morris