Don't. Use occurs depending on or keep track of number of entries in a separate variable.
Populate entries as needed. All valid entrIes are initialized when populated. Restrict subsequent operations to number of rows in table. On Aug 11, 2014 6:37 PM, "Ron Thomas" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello. > > We have a array like this , what would be best way to initlaize this array > in terms of performance ? > > 01 EXAMPLE-TABLE. > 05 MY-TABLE. > 10 TABLE-ENTRY OCCURS 9999 TIMES. > 15 FIRST-NAME PIC X(15). > 15 LAST-NAME PIC X(15). > 15 SEX-CODE PIC X. > 15 DOB. > 20 DOB-YYYY PIC 9(4). > 20 DOB-MM PIC 99. > 20 DOB-DD PIC 99. > 15 SSN PIC 9(9). > 15 SALARY PIC S9(9)V99 COMP-3. > > Thanks > Ron T > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
