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  3. January 2002

Re: more based() %addr array questions!!! found my problem:

>From: "Richard B Baird" <rbaird@esourceconsulting.com>
>Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 11:22:22 -0500
>
>my pointer was not set because I misspelled my pointer variable name -
>$QxChkBase should have been $QzChkBase.
>
>which begs the question - how did my program compile?  $QxChkBase is not a
>valid variable or pointer.

Rick, it's a "feature" of the ILE RPG compiler, that you don't have to
explicitly define a basing pointer.  It's not an accidental feature, but
it was misguided in my unofficial-not-speaking-for-IBM opinion.

Barbara Morris

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