How to call a routine inside a ds routine

[pavlicic]

Hi all,

I need to execute a ds routine inside a ds routine.
I put this in the code:

....

Var = MyRoutine('2004-01-01')

.....

inside a routine. The answer after compile it is "Array MyRoutine never dimensioned."

How can i do this?

Thanks for all.

[talk2shaanc]

say you have routine RoutineA and RoutineB.
RoutineA has 2 arguments, filename and filepath.

Now you want to call RoutineA inside RoutineB.

RoutineB

Deffun RoutineA(A1,A2) calling "DSU.RoutineA"

var1=RoutineA(value1,value2)
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[talk2shaanc]

Sorry I forgot to write,

Var = MyRoutine('2004-01-01')

inside a routine. The answer after compile it is "Array MyRoutine never dimensioned."

You got the above error while compiling the RoutineB because, you have not specifically given directive to compiler that 'MyRoutine' used in RoutineB is a Routine. If you dont give any directive the compiler will think that "MyRoutine" is an array variable.

[pavlicic]

Ok, It runs perfectly.

Thanks

[cellule]

Hi,

And is it possible, in a basic routine, to use a group of statements more then once wihtout having to write it each time? Basically, is it possible to use the procedure concept (as in PL/SQL, C, etc.) without calling another subroutine?

Thanks!

[ArndW]

Cellule, this is a long-dead thread and normally it is best to start a new one with your new topic.
Look into the manual under the topic of "GOSUB" go get an answer to this query for repeating statements within a program, and the use of routines and functions for doing outside of a program.