Re: Fully freeform file information DS

Hi Jeff,

Even in fixed form, an integer of 4,0 wouldn't be allowed so your dilemna
isn't restricted to free-form.

Others with more knowledge might very well correct me if I'm wrong but my
notes have the following:

int(3) ranges from -128 to 127
int(5) ranges from -32768 to 32767
int(10) ranges from -2147483648 to 2147483647

Cheers,

Yours truly,

Glenn Gundermann
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On 9 August 2016 at 15:17, Jeff Crosby <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Having a brain fart.

I want a fully freeform file information DS to get the number of records,
something like this:

dcl-ds dsFile;
NumRcds Int(?) Pos(156);
end-Ds;

The RPG reference has it in fixed form, like this:

D NUM_RCDS 156 159I 0

I can't define Int(4) because it says that's not a valid length for Int().

What am I missing?

Thanks.


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