RE: Using eval on debug command line

Thanks Carel, but I am able to execute this from the debug line:
EVAL chds1 = a5kfld

chds is defined like this:

* DS to display long character variable values
D chDS DS
D chDS1 1 1024A
D chDS2 1025 2048A
D chDS3 2049 3072A
D chDS4 3073 4096A
D chDS5 4097 5120A

I am changing the program now so I will do something like:

* version #2
* DS to display long character variable values
D chDS DS
D chDSall 1 5120A
D chDS1 1 1024A
D chDS2 1025 2048A
D chDS3 2049 3072A
D chDS4 3073 4096A
D chDS5 4097 5120A


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From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Carel Teijgeler
Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 8:31 AM
To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Using eval on debug command line

I think EVAL in DEBUG is only to change the value of a variable during the debug session. Not to use as a replacement of an RPG code line.

So it is :

Debug . . . EVAL chds = "Mytext"

Regards,
Carel Teijgeler

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On 27-9-2012 at 13:39 Gary Thompson wrote:

Why do I get an "Assignment type error occurred."
when I code an eval on the debug command line that attempts to copy a
5k byte field into a data structure?

Example:
Debug . . . EVAL chds = a5kfld

The identical statement executes in code, but not from my debug command
line.

I have a module that I use in rpgle where an sql statement has
parameter markers that must be replaced with a user-selected value.

the fields passed to the module are 5k bytes and when I want to view
these fields in debug I have been coding an eval to copy the long field
to a DS that breaks the field into 1024 byte segments I can display,
but I would like to avoid the code, just include the chds that breaks
the field into 1024 byte segments, and enter the EVAL from the command
line.


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