Re: Testing An Array

[Luis Rodriguez <luisro58@xxxxxxxxx>]

Of course, there is always the LOOKUP family of op codes / BIFS...

Regards,

Luis Rodriguez
IBM Certified Systems Expert — eServer i5 iSeries
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On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Luis Rodriguez <luisro58@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Robert,
>
> Why don't you just sort the array and check if the first element is blank?.
> On the other hand, unless the array is very big a loop gets done quite
> quickly.
>
> Regards,
>
> Luis Rodriguez
> IBM Certified Systems Expert — eServer i5 iSeries
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>   On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 9:34 AM, Robert Munday <rwmunday@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
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> >   Greetings from the sunny south.
> >
> >
> >
> >   I need to test an array to determine if there are any non-blank
> > elements.
> >   In fixed format I recall that I could test the whole array.  That seems
> >   not to work in /Free format.
> >
> >
> >
> >   What would I need to make this concept work:
> >
> >
> >
> >   If MyArray <> *Blanks;
> >
> >
> >
> >   I don't want to spin through the numerous individual elements.  Any
> >   suggestions on how to make this happen?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >   Thanks,
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >   Robert Munday
> >
> >   Munday Software Consultants
> >
> >   Montgomery, AL
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