RE: Sort of a Data Structure Array... Idea

Scott, I'm not really trying to avoid QSORT.  Tony asked about Array
data-structures and SORTA.  Like everything else, one can't know why NOT to
use a particular technique unless they understand the pro's and con's of the
technique.  It is a great technique for small datasets, and works well for
some applications, but it's not really very efficient and can carry some
significant penalties.   

Eric DeLong
Sally Beauty Company
MIS-Project Manager (BSG)
940-898-7863 or ext. 1863



-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Klement [mailto:klemscot@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 1:45 PM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: RE: Sort of a Data Structure Array... Idea



All of this just to avoid using qsort()?  Qsort isn't just more flexible,
it's also more more efficient.

What's the drawback to using qsort() that everyone's trying to avoid it?


> One thing I've done is to make sure I always declare numerics as signed
> instead of packed, then initialize the DS to *ALL'9'.  When filling the
> array, keep a counter of total elements, then loop through the range to
> process.
>
> Your post shows the main limitation that I've hit with this...  The max
size
> of the DS is 64K which is a little confining....
>
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