Can indexed table be used in linkage section?

ermanisharora · New User Joined: 10 Apr 2007 Posts: 7 Location: Good-gaon

I read somewhere that indexed table cannot be used in the linkage section since the value of index is held by a register.

Corrections are welcome!!!!

the_gautam · Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 1:22 pm

if you are talking about the problem in passing the index of a table declared in the main-program to the sub-program, then it is not possible. you can pass those variables through the LINKAGE SECTION which you have declared in the WORKING-STORAGE SECTION and the INDEX is not declared by the programmer in the WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.

ermanisharora · New User Joined: 10 Apr 2007 Posts: 7 Location: Good-gaon

Thanks Gautam for the clarification.....

CICS Guy · Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 4:42 pm

CICS Guy · Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 4:50 pm

Phrzby Phil · Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 6:03 pm

Why not just try and see?

dick scherrer · Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 3:01 am

Hello,

ermanisharora · New User Joined: 10 Apr 2007 Posts: 7 Location: Good-gaon

Hi All,

I tried to use an indexed table in the linkage area of a program and it worked fine.
Conclusively, we can use an indexed table in the linkage section of a program but we cannot implicitly pass the value to this index from the calling program.

Please correct me if I my understanding is wrong!!!!

Phrzby Phil · Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 5:29 pm

That would make sense. I note your use of "implicitly." Passing another variable with the index value SET to it works explicitly.

dbzTHEdinosauer · Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 5:30 pm

you can not explictly pass the value -

but you can set a numeric item to the index, pass the numeric item and the set the index to the numeric item in the called module - which would be implicitly passing.