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Status Submitted
Workspace IBM i
Categories Languages - RPG
Created by Guest
Created on Mar 17, 2025

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Add more functionality to *VAR and *AUTO arrays

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I really love the new *AUTO and *VAR arrays, I use them quite often. I would really like more functionality to be added, like the methods available for JavaScript arrays. 

Some examples assuming an Array  "A20" with dim(*auto:20) :

I gather a set of 10 elements in A20 and then validate them. I would like to remove element 5 out from the array and shift elements 6 to 10 automatically to positions 5 to 9.

I want to insert an element in A20, already containing 15 elements, at element 10, shifting the subsequent elements 1 position

I can think of other functions like splice(), slice(), pop(), etc. 

Just to let you guys know that this type of array is very useful and I can't wait to do more with it!      

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