Re: Processing ELEM List in RPG

["Mark Lazarus" <mlazarus@xxxxxxxx>]

Richard,

 It would depend if it's a simple list (one element repeating x times) and
if there are any varying elements (which would also have the binary
length in front of it.)

 -mark


> Hello All,
>
> I am adapting a CL command to use an element list qualifier and pass the
> list to an RPG program.
>
> I then want to process the resulting list from the RPG program.
>
> I have done this in a CL program in the past and want to start using RPG
> as the CL command processing program instead.
>
> Anyone have an example of doing this from an RPG program ?
>
> It appears the first 2 positions have the element count, but there are
> some additional binary values after the count before the actual data
> buffer begins.
>
> I need to determine the best way to traverse the element buffer.
>
> Anyone have any input on this ?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Regards,
> Richard Schoen
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