Re: using LikeDS on a subfield.

I don't have a ds02, I wanted to define d103 as a sub data structure
like ds02. And I don't want to hassle with overlaying the sub data
structure with a char field so that I can pass the overlaying field to
the procedure. 
 
There are lots of methods I could use to achieve the results I want, I
just thought that defining the subfield as a sub data structure using
LikeDS was the most elegant. Oh well, just another reason to look
forward to V5R2.

>>> mnaughton@xxxxxxxxxxxx 05/21/2003 11:04:16 >>>
I must be missing something here. If you need to pass a data
structure,
couldn't you just pass ds02? (Sorry to be so dense. . .)

RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries < rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx >
writes:
>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. :( 
>
>>>> mnaughton@xxxxxxxxxxxx 05/21/2003 06:36:51 >>>
>Joe - Is your goal to use LikeDS, or do you just want a nested data
>structure? If the latter, you can use pointers:
>
>D ds01 ds 
>D d101 5 
>D d102 5 
>D d103 6 
>
>D ds02 ds based(ptrXYZ)
>D d201 3 
>D d202 3 
>
>C eval ptrXYZ = %addr(d103) 
>
>(of course, you do still have to explicitly define subfield d103)
>
>hth


Mike Naughton
Senior Programmer/Analyst
Judd Wire, Inc.
124 Turnpike Road
Turners Falls, MA 01376
413-863-4357 x444
mnaughton@xxxxxxxxxxxx 

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