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And besides, Hans, by the time people start using V5.3 you'll have something like a %SORT() built-in or enhancements to the SORT opcode ready to go. :) And yes I am happy the SORTA opcode works with the Alternate Calc spec. <vbg> 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, December 09, 2003 8:06 AM To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: SORTA and Data Structure Arrays Bob cozzi wrote: > Is this a "what's wrong with this picture" problem? > Sorry, couldn't resist. <g> > > To answer your question: SortA does not and probably will never sort data > structures. > The new %SORT() built-in function will sort data structure arrays, however > that won't be out until (at least) V5.3. The cool thing about %SORT() is > that IBM may be able to include the data structure subfield sort > capabilities, and I'm hoping they will, so you could do something like this: > %sort(myDS : 'A' : NumElems : 'QTYORD') > > Where myDS is the data structure array or array name; 'A' is either 'A' or > 'D' for Ascending or Descending; NumElems is the max number of elements to > sort, and 'QTYORD' represents the data structure subfield name that will be > used to sort the data structure. > ... Bob: You're dreaming. There's no %SORT() built-in function in V5R3. What V5R3 *will* have is a minor enhancement to opcode SORTA, which will allow a fully-qualified name as the Extended-Factor-2 argument. (Currently, only an old-style Factor-2 argument is allowed.) Thus, you can sort array subfields of nested qualified data structures. For example: SORTA DS(I).SUBF(J).ARRAY; In addition, you will also be able to sort partial arrays using the new %SUBARR() built-in. For example, to sort just the first 10 elements of an array, you could code: SORTA %SUBARR(ARRAY:1:10); (Bob, you'll be happy to hear that these will work in fixed-form calcs, as well as free-form! ;-) ) I agree 110% that there's a need for SORTA (and also %LOOKUP) to handle array data structures. But first we have to decide on a syntax for specifying which subfield to use as the sort key. It may happen eventually, but not for V5R3. Cheers! Hans _______________________________________________ This is the RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries (RPG400-L) mailing list To post a message email: RPG400-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/rpg400-l or email: RPG400-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l.
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