Re: Change *DTAARA from within a COBOL pgm ? follow up

R. Bruce,

I cant disagree with you on rpg.

but
  05 returned-packed1  pic s9(3)v9(2) packed-decimal.
Oh brother. Type that 10 times fast.

To promote peace and serenity, what about:
 RTVDTAARA DTAARA(&LIB/&NAME (5 10)) RTNVAR(&Data)  
and
 CHGDTAARA DTAARA(&LIB/&NAME (5 10)) VALUE(&DATA)      

Glad you posted the code though.  

-Steve


---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr." <rbruceh@attglobal.net>
Reply-To: midrange-l@midrange.com
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 19:40:46 -0400

>Hey, at least I don't burn 40 columns just to say :
>
>      C                                      IN    POOP
>
>and let's not forget the define statements too....
>
>;-)
>
>as for the code, they are standard DISPLAY and ACCEPT with IBM extensions.
>Format 9 for ACCEPT and Format 5 for DISPLAY.
>
>Just because (as Al pointed out) the language is standardized, (standardised
>for you, Jon...) does not mean that compiler developers don't have some
>latitude in extending the language....
>
><TONGUE location="firmly in cheek" grin="on" size="large">
>RPG is just one big extension over no standard....
></TONGUE>
>
>
>===========================================================
>R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr.
> -- IBM Certified Specialist - AS/400 Administrator
> -- IBM Certified Specialist - RPG IV Developer
>
>"America is the land that fought for freedom and then
>  began passing laws to get rid of it."
>
>     - Alfred E. Neuman
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: srichter <srichter@mail.autocoder.com>
>To: midrange-l@midrange.com <midrange-l@midrange.com>
>Date: Thursday, August 16, 2001 7:28 PM
>Subject: Re: Change *DTAARA from within a COBOL pgm ?
>
>
>>That is some nasty looking code.
>>
>>I will never criticize rpg again<g>.
>>
>>Steve Richter
>>
>>---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
>>From: "R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr." <rbruceh@attglobal.net>
>>Reply-To: midrange-l@midrange.com
>>Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 19:19:05 -0400
>>
>>>      WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
>>>      01 data-value.
>>>         05 returned-packed1  pic s9(3)v9(2) packed-decimal.
>>>      PROCEDURE DIVISION.
>>>            move 345.67 to returned-packed1.
>>>
>>>            DISPLAY  data-value UPON data-area
>>>               FOR "DECDATA" LIBRARY "QGPL".
>>>
>>>            ACCEPT   data-value FROM data-area
>>>               FOR "DECDATA" LIBRARY "QGPL".
>>>
>>>===========================================================
>>>R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr.
>>> -- IBM Certified Specialist - AS/400 Administrator
>>> -- IBM Certified Specialist - RPG IV Developer
>>>
>>>"America is the land that fought for freedom and then
>>>  began passing laws to get rid of it."
>>>
>>>     - Alfred E. Neuman
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Tim Truax <truax@telerama.com>
>>>To: COBOL400-L List <cobol400-L@midrange.com>
>>>Date: Thursday, August 16, 2001 4:57 PM
>>>Subject: Change *DTAARA from within a COBOL pgm ?
>>>
>>>
>>>I have a COBOL 400 program that uses a call to QCMDEXC to change a *DTAARA
>>>(Data area).
>>>Is there a less overhead utilizing manner in which to change a *DTAARA
>from
>>>within a COBOL program than using the QCMDEXC?
>>>Maybe some similar way to the way RPG400 does it by using the IN opcode
>then
>>>the OUT opcode?
>>>Thanks!
>>>Tim Truax  :-)
>>>
>>>
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