RE: Data conversion - Binary to Character

Almost--RPG pointers are all what you might think of as void, so you'd have
to say
@IntPoint = %addr(Buffer) + 10 * sizeoftype to increment it by the right
number of bytes.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Langston [mailto:jlangston@celsinc.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 10:35 AM
> To: 'rpg400-l@midrange.com'
> Subject: RE: Data conversion - Binary to Character
>
>
> Hmm.. this brings up a good question...
>
> If he has a pointer, and a binary value based on that pointer,
> how hard would it be to do pointer math to make the pointer
> point to the correct spot in the buffer?
>
> In C I would do something like:
> int *MyInt;
> MyInt = Buffer + 10;
>
> In RPG can you say:
>   @IntPoint = %addr(Buffer) + 10;  ?
>
> Regards,
>
> Jim Langston
>
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