RE: read on a do loop -- RPG400-L

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Subject: RE: read on a do loop
From: "Jeff Crosby" <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 10:32:32 -0500
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> /free
> 
>   Setll myfile;
> 
>   Dou %eof(myfile);
>     Read myfile;
>     If %eof(myfile);
>       Iter;
>     Endif;
> 
> // other processing
> 
>   Enddo;
> 
> /end-free

I don't like that.  "Iter" seems like "next record" to me.

I like to do it this way:

Setll mykey myfile;
Dow '1';
  Read myfile;
  If %eof(myfile);
    Leave;
  Endif;
  // processing here
Enddo;

That just seems the clearest to me.

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