Re: Idea submitted: Built in function to subset an array using a procedure to filter -- RPG400-L

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Subject: Re: Idea submitted: Built in function to subset an array using a procedure to filter
From: David Gibbs <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2025 12:44:12 -0600
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On Mon, Nov 10, 2025 at 12:14 PM Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Personally, I'd sort it to get the blanks together and then use the first
one I found to quit the loop.

That was just an example ... I can think of use cases where I want to get a
subset of an array based on criteria.

A subfield of an DS array has a specific value (or one of multiple
values).
Some calculation on the value of the subfield.
etc

david

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