Variables with prefix ++

monasu1998 · Active User Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 176 Location: India

Hi ,

I have the following declarations for variables.

#VAR1 - Local

##VAR2 - Global

+VAR3 - AIV

++VAR4 - What kind of this variable is? I came across this type of declaration for the first time.

ofer71 · Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 12:07 pm

I'm working with NATURAL for many years, and never saw such variables. Can you post the complete program?

O.

monasu1998 · Active User Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 176 Location: India

Hi Ofer,

I do not have access to mainframes.
My team working away has encountered this variable.
I will ask them to send me the screen dump for a check.

Thanks

ofer71 · Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 1:05 pm

I also asked people here with lots of experience, an no one saw something like this.

In addition, I was searching the SAG-L Archive and the documentation - but no such thing.

By the way, I tried writing a program containin '++' at the start of a variable: such program won't STOW.

O.

ofer71 · Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 1:13 pm

monasu1998 -

I'm still curious. Do you have any example of the ++ variables?

O.

Craq Giegerich · Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 8:53 pm

monasu1998 · Active User Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 176 Location: India

Ofer,
I am still waiting to see that module.
One of my team member told me about it. But he is not able to trace the module.
Even I did not get any thing using SCAN command.

I really apologise for the inconvinience.

beruoist · New User Joined: 14 Nov 2007 Posts: 70 Location: mumbai

These are the Parameter vars,as far as i have seen check in ur PGM those vars must be passed to some sub PGM

for an example i have collected details from one of sub PGM

"2680 2 SI-NO-OF-SHARES
7580 MOVE DISC-INQUIRIES-2.SI-NO-OF-SHARES TO +F01-NO-OF-SHARES "

beruoist · New User Joined: 14 Nov 2007 Posts: 70 Location: mumbai

I found this one strange as all + vars are AIV's,but this is the truth i faced.
Please correct me if i am wrong

ofer71 · Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 7:16 pm

Where do you see "++" in your example?

O.

beruoist · New User Joined: 14 Nov 2007 Posts: 70 Location: mumbai

oh...gosh..i missed that ++ part

Sorry haven't seen that stuff before

ramachsh · New User Joined: 28 Dec 2005 Posts: 1 Location: Chennai

Hi,

Variables starting with '+':
These variables are called GDA variables and these are simmillar to global variables in java or C++.ie.You can use this variable thru out the program execution(in all sub programs called from main pgm...)Normally ppl use these for storing date,user names,job names etc..

Variables starting with '++':
And as far as I know there is no such variable starting with '++'.If you provide us some examples,that would help us to look into it.

Cheers,
Shiva

monasu1998 · Active User Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 176 Location: India

Hi Siva,

I have not seen such ++ variables anywhere. One of my team member asked me about this, I posted this in the forum, as I was not sure of this.

There is no rule that + prefixed variables are always global variables. That is completely installation defined and depends on the shop you are working from.
I my last project global varibles were defined as ## as prefix and in current project ht is ££ as prefix.

Please correct me if I am wrong.

Thanks

ofer71 · Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 1:18 pm

monasu1998 -

You are not wrong. The '+' sign for global variables is a convention only (although widely used), but not enforced by syntax rules.

O.