Re: Record format or file or data structure length retrieval in ILE RPGV4R5M0

Hi, Uros:

There are a number of ways to do this, some of which involve the Retrieve
File Description API, but here's a simple one.

Looks like you're using ILE RPG, so....

(These columns are not aligned because I'm lazy.)  :)

Define a Data Structure using your file as a base:
D RECDS       E DS       EXTNAME(YOUR_FILE_NAME)

Now, get the size of the data structure:
C    Eval    LENGTH1 = %Size(RECDS)


HTH
Dennis






Uros.Davidovic@US.exel.com@midrange.com on 11/04/2002 02:44:09 PM

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Hi,


can someone tell me a simple way to retrieve the length of either a file or
record format or a data structure in V4R5M0? I've tried several
combinations of %len and %size on all 3 things and nothing has worked.



Regards,

Uros