RE: CALL with optional parameters

["Dennis Lovelady" <iseries@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > Is there a less clumsyr way than this for the code?
> > If %parms=3
> >
> > 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.

I'm sorry, I just re-read your issue.  My response doesn't apply.  Instead,
we'd need to know more.  For example: Is the called program sensitive to the
number of parameters that it's passed?  

I tend to have variables that are set to defaults via INZ() parameter.  Then
if a parameter overrides that, I copy the parameter values in.  So I might
have a prototype with two parms: PARM1 and OPTPARM2.  WORKPARM1 = PARM1.  If
%Parms > 1 WORKPARM2 = OptPARM2.

Now I can call my program with WORKPARM1, WORKPARM2 as parameters.  Does
that help?


Dennis Lovelady
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