Re: Resize array at runtime in RPG ILE ?

["Mike Eovino" <meovino@xxxxxxxxx>]

Here are two more pretty cool approaches:

http://www.itjungle.com/fhg/fhg051006-story02.html

Mike E.

On 5/10/06, Mike Eovino <meovino@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Luqman,
>
> Are you coming to RPG from another language?  I ask that because I
> started programming in VB, and I asked the same sort of question.
> People looked at me like I had three heads ;-)  The short answer is
> that a traditional array, created with a Dim(), can't be
> redimensioned.
>
> Most of our programmers in my shop just make their arrays big enough
> to handle any situation. This occasionally causes problems when
> business circumstances change.  Others use temp files or linked lists
> or user indexes.
>
> Mike E.
>
> On 5/7/06, Luqman <luqman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > How can I resize or Redim Array in RPG at runtime, while preserving the
> > existing data in array ?
> >
> > Say: I defined the array initially to Dim(5).
> >
> > Now, as per records in Table, I want to increase it to 50.
> >
> > Any idea please ?
> >
> >
> >
> > Best Regards,
> >
> > Luqman
> >
> >
> >
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