Re: What's wrong with %trimr(dsname.fieldname)?

[Simon Coulter <shc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 24/08/2007, at 7:03 AM, Glenn Gundermann wrote:

> Why can't I use a qualified name expression for %trimr?

You can!

> How else would you do this?

Use an unqualified structure ... or globally unique names ...

> I get RNF7591 An operand of a qualified name expression is not valid.
>
> Here are a few snippets to show what I am doing.
>
>       // List objects API.
>      d/copy qsysinc/qrpglesrc,quslobj
>
>      d UsrSpcDat       ds                  likeds(QUSL020002)
>      d                                     based(UsrSpcDatPtr)
>
>       File = %trimr(UsrSpcDat.QUSOLNU) + '/' + %trimr 
> (UsrSpcDat.QUSOBJNU)

Your basic code construct is acceptable to the compiler as long as  
you are on a release that supports QUALIFIED and LIKEDS. I suspect  
the error is caused by something else. Take a closer look at the  
field names you specify and those actually in the include. The  
compiler is generally not wrong.

Regards,
Simon Coulter.
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