EGL Reference Guide for iSeries

Examples with a one-dimensional array

Let's assume that the structure item myString is substructured to an array of three characters:

  structureItem name="myString" length=3
    structureItem name="myArray" occurs=3 length=1

The next table shows the effect of the operator in if myString is "ABC".

Logical expression Value of expression Value of sysVar. ArrayIndex Comment
"A" in myArray true 1 The subscript of a single-dimension array defaults to 1
"C" in myArray[2] true 3 Search begins at second element
"A" in myArray[2] false 0 The search ends at the last element


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