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Re: File Fields In Array

Please don't promote the use of MODS ... it is an ancient and error prone technique that it would have been nice to dump from the compiler completely.

Arrays or DS arrays are a much better alternative in every sense.

More to the point your code won't work. You have created 28 instances of a DS each of which contains all 28 fields.



On Mar 12, 2021, at 11:44 AM, Panduranga Nayak <nayakpanduranga@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Maybe multiple occurrence data structure like below? You can change the
occurrence by using *%occur(Containers) = 1*


D Containers DS OCCUR(28);
SlOthCtr1 Char(40) Overlay(Containers);
SlOthCtr2 Char(40) Overlay(Containers : *Next);
SlOthCtr3 Char(40) Overlay(Containers : *Next);
SlOthCtr4 Char(40) Overlay(Containers : *Next);
SlOthCtr5 Char(40) Overlay(Containers : *Next);
SlOthCtr6 Char(40) Overlay(Containers : *Next);
SlOthCtr7 Char(40) Overlay(Containers : *Next);
SlOthCtr8 Char(40) Overlay(Containers : *Next);
SlOthCtr9 Char(40) Overlay(Containers : *Next);
SlOthCtr10 Char(40) Overlay(Containers : *Next);
SlOthCtr11 Char(40) Overlay(Containers : *Next);
SlOthCtr12 Char(40) Overlay(Containers : *Next);
SlOthCtr13 Char(40) Overlay(Containers : *Next);
SlOthCtr14 Char(40) Overlay(Containers : *Next);
SlOthCtr15 Char(40) Overlay(Containers : *Next);
SlOthCtr16 Char(40) Overlay(Containers : *Next);
SlOthCtr17 Char(40) Overlay(Containers : *Next);
SlOthCtr18 Char(40) Overlay(Containers : *Next);
SlOthCtr19 Char(40) Overlay(Containers : *Next);
SlOthCtr20 Char(40) Overlay(Containers : *Next);
SlOthCtr21 Char(40) Overlay(Containers : *Next);
SlOthCtr22 Char(40) Overlay(Containers : *Next);
SlOthCtr23 Char(40) Overlay(Containers : *Next);
SlOthCtr24 Char(40) Overlay(Containers : *Next);
SlOthCtr25 Char(40) Overlay(Containers : *Next);
SlOthCtr26 Char(40) Overlay(Containers : *Next);
SlOthCtr27 Char(40) Overlay(Containers : *Next);
SlOthCtr28 Char(40) Overlay(Containers : *Next);


On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 11:21 AM Kevin Bucknum <Kevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Of the top of my head something like this?
Dcl-DS *N;
SlOthCtr1;
SlOthCtr2;
SlOthCtr3;
SlOthCtr4;
SlOthCtr5;
SlOthCtr6;
SlOthCtr7;
SlOthCtr8;
SlOthCtr9;
SlOthCtr10;
SlOthCtr11;
SlOthCtr12;
SlOthCtr13;
SlOthCtr14;
SlOthCtr15;
SlOthCtr16;
SlOthCtr17;
SlOthCtr18;
SlOthCtr19;
SlOthCtr20;
SlOthCtr21;
SlOthCtr22;
SlOthCtr23;
SlOthCtr24;
SlOthCtr25;
SlOthCtr26;
SlOthCtr27;
SlOthCtr28;
Containers Char(40) Dim(28) Pos(1);
End-Ds;

On Fri, 2021-03-12 at 16:10 +0000, (WalzCraft) Jerry Forss wrote:

Hi All,


I know this is a simple question but is escaping me at the moment.


I have a file that contains fields SLOTHCTR1 - SLOTHCTR28, each 40 char.


I want to have these loaded into an array because I need to change some,
print label, change again, print and so on.


Changing by index would be immensely less coding then changing the field
directly.


This is basically what I what it to look like.


Dcl-DS *n;

Containers Dim(28);

SlOthCtr1 Char(40) Overlay(Containers);

SlOthCtr2 Char(40) Overlay(Containers : *Next);

SlOthCtr3 Char(40) Overlay(Containers : *Next);

SlOthCtr4 Char(40) Overlay(Containers : *Next);

SlOthCtr5 Char(40) Overlay(Containers : *Next);

SlOthCtr6 Char(40) Overlay(Containers : *Next);

SlOthCtr7 Char(40) Overlay(Containers : *Next);

SlOthCtr8 Char(40) Overlay(Containers : *Next);

SlOthCtr9 Char(40) Overlay(Containers : *Next);

SlOthCtr10 Char(40) Overlay(Containers : *Next);

SlOthCtr11 Char(40) Overlay(Containers : *Next);

SlOthCtr12 Char(40) Overlay(Containers : *Next);

SlOthCtr13 Char(40) Overlay(Containers : *Next);

SlOthCtr14 Char(40) Overlay(Containers : *Next);

SlOthCtr15 Char(40) Overlay(Containers : *Next);

SlOthCtr16 Char(40) Overlay(Containers : *Next);

SlOthCtr17 Char(40) Overlay(Containers : *Next);

SlOthCtr18 Char(40) Overlay(Containers : *Next);

SlOthCtr19 Char(40) Overlay(Containers : *Next);

SlOthCtr20 Char(40) Overlay(Containers : *Next);

SlOthCtr21 Char(40) Overlay(Containers : *Next);

SlOthCtr22 Char(40) Overlay(Containers : *Next);

SlOthCtr23 Char(40) Overlay(Containers : *Next);

SlOthCtr24 Char(40) Overlay(Containers : *Next);

SlOthCtr25 Char(40) Overlay(Containers : *Next);

SlOthCtr26 Char(40) Overlay(Containers : *Next);

SlOthCtr27 Char(40) Overlay(Containers : *Next);

SlOthCtr28 Char(40) Overlay(Containers : *Next);

End-Ds;


That way I can change the fields by changing the Containers(x);


What should this look like?




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