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Re: Data Structure Overlay & *next


On Apr 20, 2011, at 1:00 PM, rpg400-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

D ds_example DS Qualified
D Orig 12a
D ds_OrigGeo Overlay( Orig: 1 ) LikeDS( dsT_Geo )
D ds_OrigAni Overlay( Orig: 1 ) LikeDS( dsT_Ani )
D ds_OrigZip Overlay( Orig: 1 ) LikeDS( dsT_Zip )

And to add to Rory's comment - there is no need to define a length for Orig. The compiler will derive it from the fields that overlay it. To hard code it is really just an accident (or maintenance task) waiting to happen in the future should the definitions change.

Jon Paris


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