Re: Data Arrays

Bob, Gord,

I tossed Gord's original email, because I've only breifly touched on the
subject before and I'm totally swamped today and figured someone else would
contribute...

So, just quickly, I got the impression from the original post that what Gord
was looking for was more along the lines was an array that defined subfields
of a data structure using the OVERLAY keyword, i.e.:

   D DataStruct      DS
   D   A                           10    DIM(5)
   D     B                          5    OVERLAY(A)
   D     C                          5    OVERLAY(A:6)

This is RPG-IV only, no RPG-III.  The nice feature about this is that you can
sort the array on any subfield (forget how, someone else???)

Anyway, I've always felt that multiple occurence data structures were a real
PITA, regardless of the RPG flavor.  I have used them, but usually not without
some brain strain involved.

Dan Bale
IT - AS/400
Handleman Company
248-362-4400  Ext. 4952


----------------- Original Message -----------------

Gord, check out the multiple occurrence data structure. You can probably
get what you want using it and the OCUR  opcode in RPG III or OCCURS on the
D-spec and OCCUR in RPG IV. Which RPG class did you attend? The S6109 RPG
IV class from IBM includes a topic on how to do this.

Bob

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