Question on using POINTERS

We have a file with 9 record types that we get from a client.  I have an
external
description for each record type, but I have the file internally defined
and each
of the external definitions brought in as an external data structure, so
when a
record is read I just move the whole record to the appropriate data
structure.

I am now having to add 4 arrays to one of the record types because the
client is
adding some information, now the array elements are not contiguous and
since a
a field cannot be in more than one data structure I would like to be
able to use
pointers to the fields in the data structure to create or make up the
fields for
the run time arrays.

I am currently loading the arrays via the input specs, but I would like
to be
able to just point to the data that is already in the record type data
structure.


TIA,

Billy

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