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  3. May 2003

RE: using LikeDS on a subfield.

-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Joe Lee
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 1:22 PM
To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: using LikeDS on a subfield.

>Specifically I have a portion of the outer data structure that I need to
>pass to a procedure as a parameter that is defined with LikeDS. I just
>create a procedure that takes the outer data structure and returns the
>sub data structure that I need. And wait impatiently for V5R2. :(

Joe,

I you specify options(*VarSize) on the LikeDs parm, you can pass a flat char
field to the proc.  So the DS subfld, the one you want to dcl as LikeDs
would be declared as char with the size of the likeds ds.  Then when the
subfld is passed, it maps correctly to the likeds parm.

-Steve

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