Re: Use Of %SubArr

[Scott Klement <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Robert,

MOVEA and %SUBARR do different things.  Not sure why you're trying to 
make %SUBARR work like MOVEA?

-SK


On 6/26/2012 8:15 AM, Robert Munday wrote:
> Greetings from the sunny south.
>
> One of my fellow programmers is trying to move a character field to the interior of an array.  This is being attempted in /Free and is not generating the correct result.
>
> In fixed format, this is the expression which works (as it always has):
>
>
> Position = 11
>
> WkValue = 'UN2367, '
>
> MoveA     WkValue       Arr(Position)
>
> It yields the desired result:     '          UN2367,                                   '
>
>
> This does not work:
>
> WkLength = 8
>
> %SubArr(Array: Position: WkLength) = WkValue
>
> It yields:   '          UUUUUUUU                  '
>
>
> The array is receiving only the first character of the character field `UN2367`.  What is causing this to occur and how can it be fixed to obtain the correct result?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Robert Munday
> Munday Software Consultants
> Montgomery, AL