RE: %Elem was-> RE: XFoot with Qualified DS's

["Bob cozzi" <cozzi@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hans,
Awe, Hans... you mean the %READPGMRMIND() built-in isn't in V5.3?  :(

Bob Cozzi
Cozzi Consulting
www.rpgiv.com


-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Hans Boldt
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 9:18 AM
To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: %Elem was-> RE: XFoot with Qualified DS's

Bartell, Aaron L. (TC) wrote:

> I have been trying to figure out the usefulness of %Elem for some time.
In
> my Store DS that I gave as an example in my original email I had a DIM of
> 9999 because it could get up to that amount of elements, but it could also
> just be 500.  It would be nice if there was a bif that realized I only had
> 500 elements in the array and didn't process the other couple thousand.
> 
> Is something like that coming in a future release?
> 
> Aaron Bartell
> 

No, not quite. We're adding an improvement to V5R3 that will help deal 
with partial arrays, but it won't really help in this particular case. 
With the new %SUBARR() built-in function, you'll still have to keep 
track yourself of the number of valid elements.

Cheers! Hans


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