Re: How to Define input fields into Array

(Also sent to the Midrange-L list, before I saw that you'd posted
it here too.)

>From: "Richard B Baird" <rbaird@esourceconsulting.com>
>Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 08:23:02 -0500
> ...
>the technique I was told about involved having the fields described ONLY
in
>an external data structure 'D' spec.  I assume that the %addr technique
>still works if the data is actually described by the "I"nput specs
>generated by an input file?

Richard, you need a data structure for sure, whether or not you have
I specs or O specs.  (Either an externally-described DS, or a pgm-described
one that just lists the fields without the types.)

Just remember that I and O specs are really descriptions of move operations
between the I/O buffer and the fields.  They're also be used for
definitions,
if there isn't an explicit definition, but the definition isn't identical
to
the I spec.  For example, if you have a zoned (5,2) on an I spec, the
compiler
will define a packed (5,2) for you.

Barbara Morris