Re: varying output parameter -- RPG400-L

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Subject: Re: varying output parameter
From: "M. Lazarus" <mlazarus@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2001 15:40:40 -0400
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Barbara,

At 9/5/01 01:13 PM -0400, you wrote:
>if you code options(*varsize) for outSingle, you can pass whatever length
>of parameter you want.

  What is the difference between options(*varsize) and varying?  Is
*varsize a fixed length field that can accept any size parm?  If yes, why
would you use that over varying, where you can use %Len() to determine the
parm length?

  -mark

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