Re: WEIRDNESS in list parameter in CL program:

Rob,

Well, at least I know my explanation of why it doesn't work was correct. When I posted my possible solution, I wasn't totally sure it would work but I thought I would throw it out there as a possibility. The article I used to model my suggestion was http://www.mcpressonline.com/programming/cl/the-cl-corner-trim-multiple-leading-characters-with-trmlftchr.html. I tweaked it a little thinking it would work. Bruce did use pointers to process the list in his article. I think my past experience was related to extracting values from a list parameter as opposed to building a list parameter. Sorry for providing a bad example.

Dean Eshleman
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n 2015-02-05 1:28 PM, rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:> Dean,

I 'think' that the list parameter will GENERATE such an item.
Dcl Var(&ListParm) Type(*Char) Len(162)
Dcl Var(&NbrEnt) Type(*UInt) Len(2) +
Stg(*Defined) DefVar(&ListParm 1)
Dcl Var(&UserLst) Type(*Char) Len(160) +
Stg(*Defined) DefVar(&ListParm 3)

I don't think it will CONSUME such an item.

IOW, if you front end your program with a command that has a list
parameter you may need the logic of the data structure above to process
that parameter. But methinks you cannot pass such a parameter to the
command.

This program blows up


&LISTPARM *CHAR 162 ' A123456789 B234567890
C' 0004C1F1F2F3F4F5F6F7F8F940C2F2F3F4F5F6F7F8F9F040
+26 '1 D23 '
F140C4F2F340404040404040404040404040404040404040
&NBRENT *UINT 2 4 0004
&USERLIST *CHAR 160 'A123456789 B234567890
C1 ' C1F1F2F3F4F5F6F7F8F940C2F2F3F4F5F6F7F8F9F040C3F1
+26 'D23 '
C4F2F3404040404040404040404040404040404040404040


DCL &ListParm *char 162
DCL &NbrEnt *uint 2 stg(*defined) DefVar(&ListParm 1)
DCL &UserList *char 160 stg(*defined) DefVar(&ListParm 3)
chgvar &UserList 'A123456789 B234567890 C1 D23'
?GRTOBJAUT OBJ(A) OBJTYPE(*FILE) USER(&UserList) /* Fails */

chgvar &NbrEnt 4
?GRTOBJAUT OBJ(A) OBJTYPE(*FILE) USER(&ListParm) /* Also fails */


Rob Berendt

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