Re: Use Of %SubArr

[Gqcy <gmufasa01@xxxxxxxxx>]

Kurt,
when I try this I wind up with:
Arr =
'        U                        '


On 6/26/2012 8:42 AM, Anderson, Kurt wrote:
> What you want, I believe, is:
> Arr(Position) = WkValue;
>
> This is the same as
> Eval Arr(Position) = WkValue;
>
> You can even try this in fixed format with Eval as the opcode.
>
> -Kurt
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Robert Munday
> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 8:16 AM
> To: RPG400
> Subject: Use Of %SubArr
>
> Greetings from the sunny south.
>
>
> One of my fellow programmers is trying to move a character field to the interior of an array.  This is being attempted in /Free and is not generating the correct result.
>
> In fixed format, this is the expression which works (as it always has):
>
>
> Position = 11
>
> WkValue = 'UN2367, '
>
> MoveA     WkValue       Arr(Position)
>
> It yields the desired result:     '          UN2367,                                   '
>
>
> This does not work:
>
> WkLength = 8
>
> %SubArr(Array: Position: WkLength) = WkValue
>
> It yields:   '          UUUUUUUU                  '
>
>
> The array is receiving only the first character of the character field `UN2367`.  What is causing this to occur and how can it be fixed to obtain the correct result?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Robert Munday
> Munday Software Consultants
> Montgomery, AL
>
>
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