3.4 Aggregate Assignment Statement

The aggregate assignment statement assigns the value of each field of the aggregate on the right of an equal sign to the corresponding field of the aggregate on the left. Both aggregates must be declared with the same structure.

An aggregate assignment statement takes the following form:

v = e
v
Is an aggregate reference with the same structure as the aggregate represented by e (see Section 2.2.5).
e
Is an aggregate reference with the same structure as the aggregate represented by v (see Section 2.2.5).

Example

The following example shows valid aggregate assignments:

STRUCTURE /DATE/
   INTEGER*1 DAY, MONTH
   INTEGER*2 YEAR
END STRUCTURE

RECORD /DATE/ TODAY, THIS_WEEK(7)
STRUCTURE /APPOINTMENT/
 . . .
   RECORD /DATE/ APP_DATE
END STRUCTURE

RECORD /APPOINTMENT/ MEETING

DO I = 1,7
   CALL GET_DATE (TODAY)
   THIS_WEEK (I)  = TODAY
   THIS_WEEK (I).DAY  = TODAY.DAY + 1
END DO
MEETING.APP_DATE = TODAY


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