Re: Using Pointers

Hello Mark,

Since Jon hasn't answered this yet, I will.  Perhaps you are confused by the 
fact that there is 
no explicit pointer definition for Array@.  Array@ is a based pointer.  The 
compiler 
automatically defines any pointer used in a BASED definition.  (I think that 
relying on this is 
sloppy and the programmer should code the pointer anyway, but that's just me!)

The rest of the code is pretty straight-forward.  The only real problem with 
such a technique 
is that array elements need to be the same size hence the "PADn" variables.

Regards,
Simon Coulter.

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//--- forwarded letter -------------------------------------------------------
> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.3 (16)
> Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1999 00:03:41 +1100
> From: "Mark Lazarus" <mlazarus@ttec.com>
> To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
> Reply-To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Using Pointers

> 
> Jon,
> 
> At 09:44 AM 11/22/99 -0500, you wrote:
> 
>  I followed the code until I got to Array@ !  Is there a "@" missing
> somewhere?
> 
> >The following technique (which does use pointers) could also work but I
> doubt it
> >is worth the effort. PS. The code sample here has been validated by
> Code/400 but
> >not tested.
> >
> >
> >     D FakeRecord      DS
> >     D  Elem1                         4    Inz('ABCD')
> >     D  Pad1                         10
> >     D  Elem2                         4    Inz('EFGH')
> >     D  Pad2                         12
> >     D  Elem3                         4    Inz('IJKL')
> >     D  Pad3                          5
> >     D  Elem4                         4    Inz('MNOP')
> >
> >     D ArrayPtrs       DS
> >     D                                 *   Inz(%Addr(Elem1))
> >     D                                 *   Inz(%Addr(Elem2))
> >     D                                 *   Inz(%Addr(Elem3))
> >     D                                 *   Inz(%Addr(Elem4))
> >
> >     D  Array                          *   Dim(4) Overlay(ArrayPtrs)
> >
> >     D CurrentElem     S              4    Based(Array@)
> >     D Count           S              1  0
> >
> >     C                   For       Count = 1 to %Elem(Array)
> >     C                   Eval      Array@ = Array(Count)
> >     C     CurrentElem   Dsply
> >     C                   EndFor
> 
>  -mark

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