RE: Filling an array from the first occurrence on down

Thanks for your reply Bill, but as mentioned in the original e-mail, I don't want the data sorting, so messy looping it has to be

Alan Shore
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-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bill Meecham
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 3:36 PM
To: 'RPG programming on the IBM i / System i'
Subject: RE: Filling an array from the first occurrence on down

if you don't care about the order of the data add a descend to the end of the d-spec

D LINE S 30 DIM(6) descend
then
sorta line;

no messy looping :)


-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Alan Shore
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 2:21 PM
To: 'rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: Filling an array from the first occurrence on down


Hi everyone
I'm having one of those days where no matter what I do, I just cannot get my head around what should be a simple problem Hopefully someone is kind enough to provide an answer I have an array
D LINE S 30 DIM(6)

Data can be in any combination of the occurrences (or none at all) I need to create logic so that data is moved down to fill in from the first, through the second, then third etc., until the only blanks are in the trailing occurrences

Hopefully I explained it correctly, here is an example
1
2 data 1
3
4
5 data here
6 f=data 2

Becomes
1 data 1
2 data here
3 f=data 2
4
5
6
NOTE - I don't want the information sorted, just moved up As always, any and all responses gratefully appreciated

Alan Shore
Programmer/Analyst, Direct Response
E:AShore@xxxxxxxx
P:(631) 200-5019
C:(631) 880-8640
"If you're going through Hell, keep going" - Winston Churchill

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