Re: rpg style question

[Scott Klement <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Charles Wilt wrote:
> Short answer is you can't do it.  RPG treats 1 character fields
> different than indicators and you can't define a indicator field in a
> file.

That's true, but the only part that won't work is the part where you 
code "if MyFlag;".   If you change it to "if MyFlag = *ON", it'll work 
just fine.

     D x               s             10i 0 inz(14)
     D MyFlag          s              1a
      /free

          myFlag = ( x = 14 );
          ... write to file ...

          ... then later, read MyFlag from file, and ...

          if MyFlag = *on;
             do stuff
          else;
             don't do stuff
          endif;

So the only thing you have to add above and beyond coding exactly what 
David asked for is the "= *on".  Is that really a show-stopper?