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I normally use the template method, however, in your example, you're defining the initial values as *n, and then laying the array over that. If you change the way you're writing it, you could define the values more directly, such as the following example I use to specify Excel column headings. As a bonus, this method can calculate the size of your array automatically.

dcl-s CurCol_t uns(3) template;
dcl-s ColHdr_t varchar(50) template;
dcl-s ColWid_t uns(3) template;
dcl-ds CD_t qualified template;
Col like(CurCol_t);
Wid like(ColWid_t);
Hdg1 like(ColHdr_t);
end-ds;
/////////////////////////////////////
//Tab 1 layout
/////////////////////////////////////
dcl-ds T1 qualified;
TtlSiz;

dcl-ds Fac overlay(TtlSiz:*next);
Col like(CurCol_t) INZ;
Wid like(ColWid_t) inz(5);
Hdg1 like(ColHdr_t) inz('Fac');
end-ds;

dcl-ds Whs overlay(TtlSiz:*next);
Col like(CurCol_t) INZ;
Wid like(ColWid_t) inz(5);
Hdg1 like(ColHdr_t) inz('Whs');
end-ds;
arr likeds(CD_t) dim(T1Cnt) pos(1);
end-ds;

dcl-c T1Cnt %div(%size(T1.TtlSiz):%size(CD_t));


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I'm trying to use a nested data structure to create a compile-time key/value-pair store. It works if I explicitly set the type for each of the initial values, but I'd like to use a LIKE() instead. Is there a way to do that directly? Plan B would be to create a template data structure to reference.

Here's the code snippet with compiler errors inserted.
Dcl-ds A qualified ;
*n like(A.xyz.key) inz(1) ;
RNF7030: The name or indicator A.XYZ.KEY is not defined.
RNF0623: The simple qualified name is not specified correctly.
*n varChar(128) inz('AA') ;
*n int(10) inz(2) ;
*n varChar(128) inz('BB') ;
*n int(10) inz(3) ;
*n varChar(128) inz('CC') ;
Dcl-ds xyz dim(3) pos(1) ;
key int(10) ;
value varChar(128) ;
End-ds ;
End-ds;


TIA
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