Variable Assignments

[Jose Lerebours]

There might be a way to do what you're looking for but I'm just not aware.

BTW, I normally place the array on line one or first executable line of 
the processing table; this way, the array is valid throughout the entire 
script.  Again, back in the days, if you referenced an array above or 
prior to its declaration, you will run into a syntax error or an error 
of sort.



On 08/21/2016 01:59 AM, Stanley - stanlyn.com via Filepro-list wrote:
> Thanks Jose,
>
> I was hoping for a simple function that allows getting at the data by
> passing a variable containing the field number.  Looks like it is not
> supported.  I'll try your idea and that should work, just a bit overkill .
>
> Thanks again,
> Stanley
>
>
>
>    
>
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> Subject: Re: Variable Assignments
>
> Stanley, try associating your fixed fields to an array and then "reference"
> the array by its numeric element - AFAIK, filePro cannot access fixed fields
> by associative reference or dynamic variable construct other than as
> follows.
>
> So, if you were to
>
> dim fixedF(999):1
>
> and then set your counter up/down and to obtain the value of the fixed field
> relative to your counter, you will simply reference the associative array
> like so
>
> then: Aa="9"+"1"; Fn=fixedF(Aa);
>
> If memory does not fail me, Fn should now have the same value as fixed field
> 10 ...
>
>
> NOTE: Be careful in using this practice since any change to the array
> will effectively change the fixed field.  If you clear the array, you
> are clearing the values of the fields - This is both, powerful and
> dangerous!  ;-)
>
>
> Good luck!
>
>
>
> On 08/21/2016 01:23 AM, Stanley - stanlyn.com via Filepro-list wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> How do I get the value of a field (by number) when calculating an offset?
>>
>> Normally if field 10 equals "test" and we assign aa=10, the value of aa is
> "test".  This works as expected.
>> When I calculate the offset for the field whose value I need, I cannot get
> a result of "test" if the variable (from the offset calculation) equals 10.
> It is returning 10 instead of "test".  So how do I get it to return the
> value of field x?
>> Aa="9"+"1"
>>
>> Fn=aa	' returns the number 10 instead of the value of field 10
>>
>> I've tried fn=(aa) and fn=((aa)) and both returns 10
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Stanley
>>
>>
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