Re: Resetting a pointer in debug -- RPG400-L

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I think the problem is that he's trying to change it on the fly in debug...

*ZERO, *NULL, *OMIT are understood by the compiler but not the debugger.

Charles

On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 1:50 PM, Dennis Lovelady <iseries@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

You can simply set it to 0 (which is equivalent to null)

Eval ptrField = 0

I know I'm going to regret skipping some prior messages on this topic, but
I'm curious: why wouldn't

Eval ptrField = *Null

Work? That's what I do. Sometimes I'll use Clear or Reset, but usually
Eval.

Dennis Lovelady
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