RE: Based data structure as dynamic array

Bryce;

I'm not sure this is what you want but here goes:
D MasterList_T...
D DS qualified based(TEMPLATE)
D Customer...
D 6s 0
D Rank...
D 6s 0

D myMasterList...
D DS Based(myMasterListBase)
D data likeds(MasterList_T)
Dim(65536)

Duane Christen


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-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bryce Martin
Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 10:48 AM
To: RPG programming on the IBM i / System i
Subject: Based data structure as dynamic array

Ok, I know this can be done, and I've looked all morning for an example but everything I see is related to Dim on the ds and that is NOT what I want. I know you can base a datastructure on a pointer, and then allocate space as needed. I'll be d*mned if I can find a simple example of this.
And no, I don't want to use userspaces. Its unnecessary. I need a datastructure that has 2 elements. So this will basically be a two dimensional array, practicallys speaking.

So I'm assuming I would do something like this....

D MasterList_T...
D DS qualified based(TEMPLATE)
D Customer...
D 6s 0
D Rank...
D 6s 0

D myMasterList...
D DS likeds(MasterList_T)

I guess I'm just not sure of exactly how to progress from here.

I've looked at so many examples and counter examples that my mind is just kinda going to mush because half the articles I see are from 2002 or 2004 or around that time and the way people used to do it just isn't needed any more and new relevant examples don't seem to be as abundant. Once I get this working I'm going to be doing a bunch of writeups on what I used and why I used them, including my architecture decisions. But I need to build it before I write about it. This process is way easier that I've been finding it to be, and that is the frustrating part.

Thanks
Bryce Martin
Programmer/Analyst I
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