RE: CALL with optional parameters -- RPG400-L

Subject: RE: CALL with optional parameters
From: "Dennis Lovelady" <iseries@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 06:29:47 -0400
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Is there a less clumsyr way than this for the code?
If %parms=3

CALL MyPgm

PARM parm1
PARM parm2
PARM optionalParameter

else

CALL MyPgm

PARM parm1
PARM parm2

endif

Is there no way that you can get out of the Call-Program-By-Variable-Name
business?

Actually, you can call your program with the maximum number of parameters.
iSeries programs/CALLs do not fail due to excessive parameters.

Dennis Lovelady
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