Re: Qualified Data Area array

The short answer is, you can't directly.

You might consider making the data structure contain only the two
fields MARKER and PATH and then make it an array (use the DIM
keyword) Then you can access each "element" by

  myDs(x).Marker
  myds(x).path

Should give you the same kind of results.

-Bob

> 
> 
> I have a data area that is 1030 characters long with
> the structure
> marker1      3  0
> path1       100a
> marker2      3  0
> path2       100a
> marker3      3  0
> path3        100a
> .
> .
> marker10   3  0
> path10      100a
> 
> How do I create a ds to move the data area into an array so I can
> use code
> like the following....
> /free
>    for x = 1 to 10;
>       if pdfloc.marker(x) = somevar;
>            path =pdfloc.path(x);
>       endif;
>    endfor;
> /endfree
> 
> this is how I think it would look but am unsure
> d pathds    ds            based(@) qualified
> d   marker    3  0
> d   path     100a
> d
> d                   ds
> d  pdfloc                    likeds(pathds) dim(10)
> c
> 
> does this look right:
> 
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