RE: Array of Packed Blanks in Alpha Field

Why all so difficult... any DS is by default alphanumeric, there's not reason to use overlay !

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From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Pluta
Sent: vrijdag 3 juni 2011 4:21
To: RPG programming on the IBM i / System i
Subject: Re: Array of Packed Blanks in Alpha Field

On 6/2/2011 12:31 PM, paultherrien@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

How about:

D myds DS
D SCDLP 1098A
D DLP 5P 2 DIM(366) OVERLAY(SCDLP)

And just to be thorough, the basing pointer approach:

D DLP S 5P 2 DIM(366) BASED(pDLP)
DpDLP S * INZ(%ADDR(SCDLP))



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