RE: RPG/400 pgm strange behavior

["Richard Jackson" <richardjackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The _Command Line_ processor allocates 32 bytes to character variables by
default.  You can change the physical allocation by using single quotes.  If
you allocate a variable of a certain size, say 80 bytes, in a program, it is
80 bytes.  You don't need to use a command unless you are calling the
program from a command line.

Richard Jackson
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-rpg400-l@midrange.com [mailto:owner-rpg400-l@midrange.com]On
Behalf Of John Hall
Sent: Friday, July 14, 2000 2:25 PM
To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
Subject: Re: RPG/400 pgm strange behavior


This may have already been covered but If you are call a CL program with
a parm over 32 char in length you should define a Command to call the
program.  This will allow you to specify the size of the variable.  The
command processor allocates the memory for the parameters and it
defaults to 32 for a character data type.


John Hall
Home Sales Co.
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