Re: Trying to get the size of a Datastructure through the pointer? Possible? Not having good luck with it... -- RPG400-L

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Bryce,

Quick answer is no, you can't.

It *may* be possible to determine how much memory the system allocated for a
basing pointer using an MI instruction, but that allocated memory would
always be in increments of 16 bytes (at a minimum), so even if you could get
that value, all you'd really be able to figure out is that your
data-structure is no larger than that size.

Rory

On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 8:17 AM, Bryce Martin <BMartin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I won't go into a lot of details behind this, I have a very specific
question....

The following DataStructure
D MasterList_T...
D DS qualified based(TEMPLATE)
D Line...
D 3s 0
D Item...
D 15a
D Quantity...
D 11s 3
D LeadTimeDate...
D 8s 0

When I do a %size(MasterList_T) I get 37 bytes. When I do %size(TEMPLATE)
I get 16. Makes sense, its how big the memory address is. No problem. My
question, is it possible to get the size of MasterList_T from its basing
pointer? Is there a bif or something that will let me get it?

Thanks
Bryce Martin
Programmer/Analyst I
570-546-4777

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