Re: Is this the Free-Format that we asked for?

The first time I saw that statement,
a=b=c=d=e=f=0

was in QuickBasic 4.0 back in 1990.  I had asked someone what in the
heck that was supposed to mean and they told me.  That must be one of
the worst statements I have ever seen.  I would rather use up the 7 lines
and initialize them each separately.

Nothing destroys a programs maintainability as quickly as shortcuts.

Try this one I've seen.

A = (B = C)

Hint: A is boolean.

Regards,

Jim Langston

"Stone, Brad V (TC)" wrote:
> 
> Hopefully you'll be able to do:
> 
> a=b=c=d=0;
> 
> :)
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Hall [mailto:jhall@hillmgt.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 9:14 AM
> > To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
> > Subject: Re: Is this the Free-Format that we asked for?
> >
> >
> > If the language is true free-format then a statement delimiter IS
> > needed.
> >
> > The other option is to use the record as the statement
> > delimiter and use
> > a continuation character when you need to span multiple lines.
> >
> > I prefer the ';' but others may not.  It can be abused to cram code
> > together but sometimes it may make more sense
> >
> > ex:
> >
> >   a=0;  b=0;  c=0;  d=0;   // reset counters
> >
> > John Hall
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Stone, Brad V (TC)" wrote:
> > >
> > > Richard,
> > >
> > > Why is the semicolon needed?
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Richard Jackson [mailto:richardjackson@richardjackson.net]
> > > > Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 6:57 AM
> > > > To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
> > > > Subject: RE: Is this the Free-Format that we asked for?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > The semicolon is needed and so is the GOTO.
> > > >
> > > > Richard Jackson
> > > > Richard Jackson and Associates Ltd.
> > > > IBM Business Partner
> > > > mailto:richardjackson@richardjackson.net
> > > > http://www.richardjacksonltd.com
> > > > Telephone: 1 (303) 808-8058
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