Re: [EXTERNAL] Question on file reading

[Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Alan - COBOL permits the same name to be used in multiple places and they can even have different definitions.  You just have to qualify the name when you use it.  i.e. AccountNo of MyRecord.


> On Jun 9, 2020, at 10:58 AM, Alan Shore via RPG400-L <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Thomas
> I came from coding in COBOL, where more than one field with the same name was a compile error
> You are correct
> ANY field with the same name - a stand-alone filed - a field in another file, when a file is read - the data in those fields are all populated if they are the same name and size
> I have grown into a love hate relationship with this
> MOST of the time - it can kill you 
> However - there ARE some times it can be great
>
> Alan Shore
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: RPG400-L [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Thomas Burrows
> Sent: Tuesday, June 9, 2020 10:53 AM
> To: RPG programming on the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries) <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Question on file reading
>
> In RPGIV - maybe this is true in free format - if a Data Structure is defined with the exact names and sizes of the fields in a file when the file is read is the data structure automatically loaded?
>
> Personally I have never seen this before.
>
> Thomas
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