dummy fields & auto processing

[Kenneth Brody]

On 2/3/2014 1:58 PM, Richard Kreiss wrote:
> Top Post:
>
> Would the fact that ct was set to a single value in auto processing affect
> its size in input processing?
>
> i.e. ct = "A" carry forward to input where ct="AB".  Would ct being seen as
> a 2 character field in input or a one character field?
[...]

Yes.

:-)

Actually, since no fixed definition was given to field ct, its length and 
type are determined by the last thing stored in it.

Therefore:

     ct = "A"  --- ct is (1,*)
     ct = "AB" --- ct is now (2,*)
     ct = @TD  --- ct is now (8,MDY/)

-- 
Kenneth Brody