Re: Field value

[boldt@xxxxxxxxxx]

Vini wrote:
>Hi ,
>Just wanted to make sure if this is possible in RPG/400 or ILE. Can
>i treat the value of a field as a field and do a comparison operation.
>
>For eg: Field X= "STATUS" , this STATUS is the name of field using
>this can i access the value of the field STATUS.
>I guess i am clear in my question .

No, you can't do that in ILE RPG.  And even in those
programming languages where you can do that (such as
Perl), it's not recommended.

What exactly are you trying to do?

Cheers!  Hans

Hans Boldt, ILE RPG Development, IBM Toronto Lab, boldt@ca.ibm.com


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