Re: Built-in functions.

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I do not believe that you can use %found, to get the status of the chain,
after you've done the read.  Because %found, or even %found(filename) will
only return the status of the last file operation.

However, (not that it isn't out there) but I've not seen a reason I would
care about the status of the chain after I've already done other file
operations.
chain K1 filename;
dow %found(filename);
  // some stuff here
  reade K1 filename;
enddo;

Why would you care?  To see if you had any hits at all?  Then maybe:
chain K1 filename;
if %found(filename);
  dow %found(filename);
    // some stuff here
    reade K1 filename;
  enddo;
else;
  // no hits
endif;


Rob Berendt
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"Srinath R , Gurgaon" <srinathr@ggn.hcltech.com>
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09/03/2002 04:37 AM
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Hi,

I would like to know , are the built-in functions like (%Found,%EOF...)
specific to file operations.
I mean %Found to be used only for Chain and %EOF for Read/Reade...and like
that.
Now If I am having a Chain operation followed by a Setll and reade and If
I
am checking for %Found,
It will be successful even-though the record may not have been found (the
high indicator is seton for Chain and Equal indicator for reade).
Considering this scenario can anyone please help me to come to a
conclusion,
why %Found should be successful.


C     K1            CHAIN     TESTPF                             05
C     K1            SETLL     TESTPF                               20
C     K1            READE     TESTPF                                 10
C                   IF        %FOUND

Can I use %Found for the chain opcode after Reade. If so, how to go about
the same. Or should I revert back to usage of indicators.
Please feel free to contact, in case I am not clear about the above
mentioned problem.

Regards
Srinath

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