Wow, thanks! and caveat heeded.
Vectorally (and RTFM) challenged,
Stuart
-----Original Message-----
From: "Stevenson, Charles"
Vectoring (is 'vector' a verb?) is built into TRANS already.
No need to abandon in favour of OCONVS T-correlative.
You can specify a dynamic array of IDs for the target file to read.
> I have used the Translate code with OCONVS() function when it
> is stylistically in keeping with the use of vector functions
> around it and only because there isn't a vector version of
> TRANS(), but personally I wouldn't use it outside of that
situation.
>
> custProductIDs = splice(reuse(custId),'*',productIds)
instead of / as well as this:
> prices = oconvs(custProductIDs,'TCUST.PRODUCT;X;;99')
this works fine (even better I think):
prices = TRANS( 'CUST.PRODUCT', custProductIDs, 99, 'X' )
But a caution:
If CUST.PRODUCT <99> is multivalued &/or sub-valued:
* T-correlative converts all delimiters to spaces when OCONVS
returns.
(consistent with PICK.)
* TRANS will lower the returned delimiters.
(almost consistent with PI.)
- if called from Retrieve, the delimiters are lowered enough to
keep the association with the dict equivalent of custProductIDs
which might be multi-SUB-valued or even have TMs or lower.
- if called from Basic, not that smart, just lowered once,
so you might lose the association with custProductIDs.
The above for UV. Mileage for UD may vary.
cds
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