Re: Need OCCURS when defining data structures

["John McKay" <jmckay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

James,

   On the D specs, you can define a multiple occurring data structure using 
the OCCURS keyword.

   Then in the calcs, you use the OCCUR operation code or %OCCUR function 
to refer to the occurrence you require.


Regards,
John McKay
www.mckaysoftware.ie
www.rpglanguage.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Newman, CDP" <newmanas400@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 8:23 PM
Subject: Need OCCURS when defining data structures


> I'm on a V5R2 machine and rewriting a program that currently uses 60 
> element
> arrays when processing records.  As part of the processing I have to move
> element 59 to element 60, 58 to 59, etc and put the newly read record in
> element 1.  A friend (thanks Marshall) suggested that instead of using
> arrays, define the arrays as data structures and move the data structure
> instead.  This should be much faster.  But do I have to define each 
> element
> as part of the larger data structure?  I guess there's no "OCCURS X TIMES"
> in RPG, eh?
>
> TIA.
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