Re: RFE Vote time - compile-time expression in data typing

Same result when using %size, the outline shows Unknown(0).

I'm not sure what benefit you're shooting for by using %size.
Maybe we're viewing the statements with different context in mind. All I want to do is create a varying variable with the same size as a non-varying variable. %len has been working perfectly for me.

Not that you'd want to do the following, but by using %size over %len you'd get odd sizes as a result.

dcl-s blah1 varchar( 10 );
dcl-s blah2 varChar( %size( blah1 ) );

Blah1 = 10 characters in length
Blah2 = 12 characters in length

Kurt Anderson
Sr. Programmer/Analyst - Application Development, Service Delivery Platform

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Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] RFE Vote time - compile-time expression in data typing

On 23-Jun-2015 12:40 -0600, Kurt Anderson wrote:

I entered a PMR, but am told my issue is as-designed so an RFE is
needed to change how it works.

Here is the problem. In the example below, blahVarying shows up in the
outline as Unknown(0). I supplied 'blah' as its own definition, but it
could come from a file, copybook, or wherever.

dcl-s blah char( 10 );
dcl-s blahVarying varChar( %len( blah ) );

[http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=
73185]

I can not access the content at the link [despite being logged in to ibm.com], but the %size() should be used in that context instead of the %len().?

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Regards, Chuck

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