RE: No. of Parameters (RPGIII)

["hrishikesh kotwal" <hdkotwal@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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THANK YOU
Regards,

Hrishikesh Kotwal

>From: "Njål Fisketjøn"
>Reply-To: rpg400-l@midrange.com
>To:
>Subject: RE: No. of Parameters (RPGIII)
>Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 11:18:56 +0100
>
> > Can someone tell me what is the maximum number of parameters that can be
> > passed to a RPG program?
>
>255
>
>
>
>Appendix A of RPG/400 Reference quotes the following restrictions:
>
>A.0 Appendix A. RPG/400 Restrictions
>
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>? Table 43. RPG/400 Restrictions ?
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>? Function ? Restriction ?
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>? AN/OR lines (positions 7 and 8 of ? Maximum of 7 per operation. ?
>? calculation specifications) ? ?
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>? Arrays and tables ? Maximum of 200 per program. ?
>??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
>? Array/table input record length ? Maximum length is 80. ?
>? for compile time ? ?
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>? Character field length ? Maximum length is 256. ?
>??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
>? Control fields (position 59 and 60 ? Maximum length is 256. ?
>? of input specifications) length ? ?
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>? Data structure length ? Maximum of 9999. ?
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>? Data structure occurrences (number ? Maximum of 9999 per data ?
>? of) ? structure. ?
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>? Edit Word ? Maximum length of 24 for literals ?
>? ? or 115 for named constants. ?
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>? Elements in an array/table ? Maximum of 9999 per array/table. ?
>? (positions 36 through 39 of ? ?
>? extension specifications) ? ?
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>? File ? Maximum of 50 per program. ?
>??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
>? Levels of nesting in structured ? Maximum of 100. ?
>? groups ? ?
>??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
>? Look-ahead ? Can be specified only once for a ?
>? ? file. Can be specified only for ?
>? ? primary and secondary files. ?
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>? Named Constant ? Maximum length of 256 for ?
>? ? character named constant, 512 for ?
>? ? hexadecimal named constant, and ?
>? ? 30 digits with 9 decimal ?
>? ? positions for numeric named ?
>? ? constant. ?
>??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
>? Overflow indicator ? Only 1 unique overflow indicator ?
>? ? can be specified per printer ?
>? ? file. ?
>??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
>? Parameters ? Maximum of 255 ?
>??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
>? Primary file (P in position 16 of ? Maximum of 1 per program. ?
>? file description specifications) ? ?
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>? Printer file (PRINTER in positions ? Maximum of 8 per program. ?
>? 40 through 46 of file description ? ?
>? specifications) ? ?
>??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
>? Printing lines per page ? Minimum of 2; maximum of 112. ?
>??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
>? Program status data structure ? Only 1 allowed per program. ?
>??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
>? Record address file (R in position ? Only 1 allowed per program. ?
>? 16 of file description ? ?
>? specifications) ? ?
>??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
>? Record length for program ? Maximum length is 9999. (1) ?
>? described file (positions 24 ? ?
>? through 27 of file description ? ?
>? specifications) ? ?
>??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
>? Structured groups (see levels of ? ?
>? nesting) ? ?
>??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
>? Subroutines ? Maximum of 254 per program. ?
>??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
>? Tables (see arrays) ? ?
>??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
>? (1)Any device record size restraints override this value. ?
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