Interesting. But you NEED that extra parameter? I tried DEFFUNing a SUBROUTINE that has only 1 parameters and could not get it to work.
If your FUNCTION sets any of the parameters, you can CALL It from UniBasic -- and you don't have to DEFFUN it. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 5:52 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] Custom Functions I think it's a universe/unidata difference. I get the segmentation fault running unidata in ecl type U as well. Here's some interesting info and an ugly hack--in unidata. Apparently, the keywords SUBROUTINE and FUNCTION are interchangable as far as BASIC is concerned, so create a subroutine SUBROUTINE MYHACK(A,B) A=B*2 ;* note that we both assign the result to a parameter AND return the result RETURN A Then you can call it as a function with PROGRAM HACKTEST DEFFUN MYHACK(A,B) CRT MYHACK('',2) ;* <--- there's the hack. You need that placeholder parameter Or use it as a subroutine: PROGRAM HACK2 CALL MYHACK(A,2) CRT A Or from a virtual attribute: I SUBR('MYHACK',EXTRACT(@RECORD,1,0,0)) > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Burwell, Edward > Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 4:09 PM > To: 'u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org' > Subject: RE: [U2] Custom Functions > > > I've never seen this asterisk thing on the front of a > cataloged program. I've never had to do that in UniData. I > can call a SUBROUTINE fine from a Virtual attribute no > problem - and not asterisk. Could it have something to do > with the fact that we run BASICTYPE 'p' and ECLTYPE 'p'? > > -----Original Message----- > From: gerry-u2ug [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 1:41 PM > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > Subject: RE: [U2] Custom Functions > > > globally catalogued as in CATALOG SUB.BP *MYFUNC ? > so you should be using : SUBR("*MYFUNC","Y") > > we do this all the time in universe since at least v7 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Burwell, Edward > Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 10:46 AM > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > Subject: RE: [U2] Custom Functions > > > Here is a sample: > > MYFUNC looks like: > > 001 FUNCTION MYFUNC(ARG) > 002 RETURN (ARG="Y") > 003 END > > MYFUNC is globally cataloged > > DICT FILE TEST looks like: > > 001 V > 002 SUBR("MYFUNC","Y") > 003 > 004 > 005 1R > 006 S > > when I LIST FILE TEST, I get a Segmentation fault(coredump) > and it dumps me into Unix. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ray Wurlod [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 1:22 AM > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > Subject: RE: [U2] Custom Functions > > > Try using the SUBR() function, as I mentioned in another post. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Burwell, Edward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org'" <u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org> > Subject: RE: [U2] Custom Functions > Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 19:49:44 -0400 > > > > > I've tried "calling" functions from UniData Virtual > Attribute and they > blow > > up. Bummer. > ------- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This e-mail has been scanned by MCI Managed Email Content > Service, using > Skeptic(tm) technology powered by MessageLabs. For more > information on MCI's Managed Email Content Service, visit > http://www.mci.com. > ______________________________________________________________________ > ------- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > ------- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This e-mail has been scanned by MCI Managed Email Content > Service, using > Skeptic(tm) technology powered by MessageLabs. For more > information on MCI's Managed Email Content Service, visit > http://www.mci.com. > ______________________________________________________________________ > ------- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ______________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned by MCI Managed Email Content Service, using Skeptic(tm) technology powered by MessageLabs. For more information on MCI's Managed Email Content Service, visit http://www.mci.com. ______________________________________________________________________ ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/