RE: Array help

[Joel Fritz <JFritz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You don't actually need an array with overlays or parallel arrays for this.
Use the age as the index and put a counter in each cell.  When you print the
results, don't print the cells whose value is zero.
An array with 100 cells--200 to be real safe--should do the trick.

In pseudocode--

first get the ages and count them

while more employees
array(age) = array(age) + 1

then print them

for i = 1 to arraysize
        if array(i) <> 0
        print i, array(i)



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wills, Mike N. (TC) [mailto:MNWills@taylorcorp.com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 3:06 PM
> To: 'RPG400-L@midrange.com'
> Subject: Array help
>
>
> Okay, for some reason I can't remember how to do this. I need
> to count the
> number of people for each age that work within the company
> (for demographics
> stuff). The problem is that I forgot how to deal with multiple arrays.
>
> The way I am doing this (...and I am open to better ways) is
> to create a
> multi-column array that holds the age and the count. When I process an
> employee, I will lookup to see if the age is in the array. If
> it is, I add 1
> to my counter. If not, I add the age in to my array. But, I
> would like it in
> numeric order so when I go to print it out, it is in age order.
>
> I guess what I would like to know what the best approach to
> this would be. I
> haven't dealt with arrays for a while again. Is my idea a
> good approach for
> this? How do I create a 2-column array? Example:
>
> Ages  AgeCount
> 21    5
> 35    6
> 18    1
> 20    10
> 45    50
>
> Thanks for any help given....
>
> Mike Wills
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