Re: Idea submitted: Built in function to subset an array using a procedure to filter

David Gibbs via RPG400-L <[email protected]>
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On Mon, Nov 10, 2025 at 12:14 PM Jon Paris <[email protected]> wrote:

> Personally, I'd sort it to get the blanks together and then use the first
> one I found to quit the loop.
>

That was just an example ... I can think of use cases where I want to get a
subset of an array based on criteria.

 A subfield of an DS array has a specific value (or one of multiple
values).
Some calculation on the value of the subfield.
etc

david
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