%LOOKUP BIF causing MCH1210

["Bramley, Stu" <stu.bramley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thought this bug/gotcha with the %LOOKUP BIF may be of interest to the list.

I have code that is dynamically allocating memory to an array in increments.


The array starts with 50 elements and then adds 10 elements at a time.
Theoretically the array should never get near 50 elements but this code has
been included to prevent any error occurring anyway... 

The array has been declared as having 32767 elements (i.e. 32767 is a 5,0
number)

The index however has been declared as 3,0 as the number of elements is
never likely to get very high.

If a %LOOKUP is issued using the index variable to limit the number of
places in the array searched, an MCH1210 error occurs. 

If the index is declared as 5,0 then the MCH1210 does not occur. If it is
declared as any size smaller than 5,0 then it does.

However, if a numeric literal with less than 5 digits is specified then
everything works fine...

I thought that passing variables by value into a BIF meant that the declared
length shouldn't be a factor? 

I'd be especially interested to hear the views of those in the Toronto lab
as to what is happening under the covers here... 

The following code can be used to re-create the problem:

D DynamicArr@     S               *                                        
D DynamicArr      S             10A   DIM(32767) BASED(DynamicArr@)        
                                                                           
D ArrayEntry      S             10A   INZ('ABCDEF')                        

D Idx             S              3  0                                      
                                                                           
 * Initial number of entries in the array                                  
D ArraySizeLimit  S              3  0 INZ(50)                              
                                                                           
C                   EVAL      DynamicArr@ =                                
C                                %ALLOC(%SIZE(DynamicArr) * ArraySizeLimit)

 * The following line causes MCH1210


C                   IF        %LOOKUP(ArrayEntry:DynamicArr:1:Idx) = 0     
 

C                   ENDIF                                                  
                                                                           
C                   EVAL      *INLR = *ON                                  
C                   RETURN       


Regards

Stu Bramley
Senior Technical Developer
Skandia Life
Southampton
UK                                          


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