Re: Field value

[Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hey Hans,
Did you get my pointer example?  And the explanation of why you might want to 
do this?
My sample program compiled and worked fine.
Oh my God!  Jon goaded me into being a pointer fiend!  And I've never touched 
them before RPGIV!





boldt@ca.ibm.com on 04/13/2000 11:58:02 AM
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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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