Re: Prototyping for either character or numeric

Ross,

Why not pass two parameters to the procedure, one numeric, the other alpha. 
Pass them with *OMIT and test that in the procedure.

But then I wonder, what you want to accomplish. If the source is not actually 
known, then anything can be passed, with different lengths as well. What is the 
procedure going to do with that?

Regards,
Carel Teijgeler

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On 10-6-04 at 13:42 Ross Hartford wrote:

>Is there a way to prototype a procedure call so that it can take either a
>character or numeric variable?  I know that I can pass a pointer and get
>the
>data from there, but I was hoping not to complicate the maintenance with
>that level of intricacy... 
>
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