RE: File Fields In Array -- RPG400-L

All the fields are contiguous in the external DS.
28 is an extreme overkill but wanted to have enough "just in case".
This DS is only used to pass parameters to TLA.

A very large order has had around 10 so far. These are pallets and crates.

I will add comment to DDS and pgm that fields need to remain contiguous.

Thank you all for your help!!

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From: RPG400-L <rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Peter Dow
Sent: Friday, March 12, 2021 12:32 PM
To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: File Fields In Array

You're right about having to be sure the S1Oth* fields are in the right order. I've seen files where the first 5 entries of fields like that are together, then 10 years later they had to add 7 more at the end of the file. Or were otherwise scattered in groups within the record. It's crazy out there!

On 3/12/2021 9:51 AM, Scott Klement wrote:

Consider using LIKE() rather than CHAR(40)... the sizes always
matching is even more critical if you're using pointers.

The pointer technique is fine -- as long as you know for certain that
the "Sloth" fields (lol) are always in a data structure in the right
order.

On 3/12/2021 11:43 AM, Peter Dow wrote:

Since you already have a data structure that contains the S1othCtr*
fields, try this:

Dcl-S Container Char(40) Dim(28) based(ptrCTR);

Dcl-S ptrCTR Pointer inz(%addr(S1OthCtr1));

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