Re: 'RETURN'ing > 512

rob@dssmktg.com (Robert Minter) wrote: > >Is it just weird to me or why is it that you can pass a >variable > 512 bytes to another function, and you can >return INTO a variable defined > 512 bytes, but you >can't return a variable > 512 bytes? > >This is OK: > >######################################################## >################### FUNCTION func1() > >DEFINE str CHAR( 2048 ), > i SMALLINT > > LET str = "A" > FOR i = 2 to 2048 > LET str = str CLIPPED,"A" > END FOR > > CALL func2( str ) > >END FUNCTION >FUNCTION func2( str ) > >DEFINE str CHAR( 2048 ) > > DISPLAY "String = ", str CLIPPED > >END FUNCTION >######################################################## >################### > >And this is OK: > >######################################################## >################### FUNCTION func1() > >DEFINE str CHAR( 2048 ), > i SMALLINT > > LET str = "A" > FOR i = 2 to 2048 > LET str = str CLIPPED,"A" > END FOR > > CALL func2( str ) RETURNING str > >END FUNCTION >FUNCTION func2( str ) > >DEFINE str CHAR( 2048 ), > i SMALLINT > > DISPLAY "String = ", str CLIPPED > > LET str = "B" > FOR i = 2 to 512 > LET str = str CLIPPED,"B" > END FOR > > RETURN str CLIPPED > >END FUNCTION >######################################################## >################### > >But this ISN'T OK: > >######################################################## >################### FUNCTION func1() > >DEFINE str CHAR( 2048 ), > i SMALLINT > > LET str = "A" > FOR i = 2 to 2048 > LET str = str CLIPPED,"A" > END FOR > > CALL func2( str ) RETURNING str > >END FUNCTION >FUNCTION func2( str ) > >DEFINE str CHAR( 2048 ), > i SMALLINT > > DISPLAY "String = ", str CLIPPED > > LET str = "B" > FOR i = 2 to 2048 > LET str = str CLIPPED,"B" > END FOR > > RETURN str > >END FUNCTION >######################################################## >################### > You shouldn't use return var clipped (no clipped). Edmond Ying