Re: File Fields as array elements

["Gene Burns" <burns.gene@xxxxxxxxx>]

What is the file structure?  Are the fields alternating, (sales, cost,
rebate, sales, cost, rebate, ...) or are they consecutive (sales1, sales2,
sales3, ...)?

Gene

On Feb 13, 2008 8:00 AM, Mike Roderick <Mike.Roderick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> In RPG, is there a way to refer to a field in a file by its relative
> position in the file?
>
> E.g.  File with 10 fields  use array element FIELD(5) to get to 5th
> field.
>
> I have a file with 53 weekly buckets for a number of different pieces of
> information(sales, cost,  rebates, etc) so there are  > 300  fields.
>
>
>
> I know I can define an array in the I specs and list the fields one at a
> time but is there any other mechanism I can use that would allow me to
> access the fields in the order they exist in the file(using array like
> syntax).  Maybe a Data structure or SQL?
>
>
>
> Any thoughts would be appreciated
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike
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