Re: Using the field-name itself

["Rory Hewitt" <roryhewitt@xxxxxxxxx>]

Adam,

Since these are fields in a file, you could try this utility, about which I
wrote an article in iSeriesNews in November 2006:
http://systeminetwork.com/article/prcfldsp-utility-service-program.

D Field           S             10A   Inz
D RcdFmt        E DS                  Extname(MONTHRATE)
...
/free
   // Automatically load the RcdFmt data-structure

   read MONTHRATE;
   // If Field = 'RATE07', this will return the value in RATE07

   return GetFldVal( 'MONTHRATE' : Field : %addr( RcdFmt ) );

/end-free

Having said all that, it might make just as much sense here to use a SELECT
statement, since we're only talking about 12 fields:

/free

  select;
    when Field = 'RATE01';
      return RATE01;
    when Field = 'RATE02';
      return RATE02;
...
    other;
  endsl;

/end-free

HTH,

Rory
On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 11:42 AM, Adam West <adamster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> HI Is there a way to refer to a field, by its name, in RPG ILE? I have a
> legacy file that contains rates by month. For each month, there is a field,
> RATE01, RATE02, etc.
>
> I would like to be able to check the name of tbe field and then know that I
> need to find say RATE07 since we are in July.
>
> TIA,
> Adam