RE: DDS arrays -- RPG400-L

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 >> My understanding is there is one continuous buffer

There is, but remember we are talking RPG here and not, for example, COBOL.
That means that the buffer is "unloaded" into the individual fields which may be
anywhere in storage depending on whether they are defined in other files/formats
etc.  The only way to guarantee that they are in contiguous storage is to define
the display format as an externally described DS.  A DS is the only thing (other
than a stand-alone array) that RPG guarantees will be in contiguous storage.


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