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Dennis Lovelady wrote:
COOL BEANS! I am happy to be corrected on this!

The EXTPGM keyword indicates the external name of the program whose
prototype is being defined. The name can be a character constant or a
character variable. When EXTPGM is specified, then a dynamic call will
be
done.

For the record, the suggestion does not reduce the number of lines in the
source program. It just moves the extra lines into the D specs and out of
the C (or /free) specs. But otherwise I completely agree with Joe, and the
end product is MUCH more readable.

Well, had I gone a little further, I could have reduced lines of code. You could use a single prototype with a *NOPASS on the third variable and reuse that prototype for both calls, and then you will have fewer lines of code.

Trust me, prototypes are the bomb.

Joe

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