Re: Using DATA-GEN to generate JSON

[David Gibbs <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Are you passing an array length property in the data structure and
specifying the count prefix?


On Thu, Sep 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM <dfreinkel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I have a multi-dimensional data structure (array) that I am trying to parse
> into a JSON string using DATA-GEN. The Generator is MDRFRAME(GENERATOR),
> basically YAGL.
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> The data structure/array has nested arrays.
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> When DATA-GEN executes, it crashes. From the error message, it is crashing
> on a unused array element. Only 1 message is reported in the job log where
> the  problem appears to be an unused array element in a nested array.
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> I believe the generator should have ignored the unused elements.
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> Does anyone have suggestions on how I can identify the problem?
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> Thanks
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> Darryl Freinkel
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> A4G
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