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On Monday, August 24, 1998 2:50 PM, John Earl [SMTP:johnearl@toolnet.com] wrote: > Does anyone know how to define a variable length field in > RPG? I nle length (to a journal entry), but I havn't found > a way to do this in my RPG program.... short of using an > externally described record. Is there an easier way? John, On V4R2 at least, you can specify VARYING on your RPGLE D spec, like so: D MyVarLenStr S 128A Varying Check the manual; varlen strings are handled a bit differently than fixed-length strings. Buck Calabro Commsoft, Albany, NY mailto:mcalabro@commsoft.net +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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