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Re: *Blanks and *Blank

  • Subject: Re: *Blanks and *Blank
  • From: Hans Boldt <boldt@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 08:36:21 -0400
 
someone wrote:
>I think this two keywords may differ when using with array
>element(s) such the following:-
>
>A is an alpha array with a hundred elements, 1 byte each.
>
> MOVE  *BLANK A,1
> MOVE   *BLANKS A,1
> MOVEA *BLANK A,1
> MOVEA *BLANKS A,1
>
>So, what is difference for these samples?

Have you actually tried this?  There is no difference.
The compiler treats *BLANK and *BLANKS exactly the same.

Cheers!  Hans

Hans Boldt, ILE RPG Development, IBM Toronto Lab, boldt@ca.ibm.com
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