Re: convert this code

Hans wrote:
> But since this is Friday, I thought I'd be a trouble-maker
> and provide a solution in Python instead:  :-)  ;-)  :-)
>
> --------------------------------------------
> # Print words of string:
> str = 'This is a   test.  And so is this.'
> for word in str.split():
>    print "string:\t", word
> --------------------------------------------

James responded:
>Oh boy - I *have* to get python going on my system!  But can I
>call a python function from an RPG module?

To be honest, I've never used Python on the iSeries.  My Python
experience has been primarily on Linux, with some use on this
WinNT system here at work (which behaves almost like a real O/S.)

I doubt if you could call Python functions directly from an RPG
program since Python is an interpreted language. But I'm sure you
should at least be able to call a Python program using QCMDEXEC.

Another way to use Python would be to use the Jython compiler
which compiles Python down to Java bytecode.  Then you could
handle the Python program the same way you'd deal with Java
objects.  If you already know how to call Java methods from RPG,
this just might be the easier way to call Python functions.

You've probably already found this using a web search, but
here's where you can find a recent native iSeries port:
<http://home.no.net/pgummeda/>.

Cheers!  Hans

Hans Boldt, ILE RPG Development, IBM Toronto Lab, boldt@ca.ibm.com