Re: Good places to use "The Cycle" in today's RPG was->Re: FW: Niftiest thing(s) you have done in RPG ILE or /FREE

So do you just put a DO-ENDDO around ALL the logic? If so, never thought of
that before.

Also, if your using level breaks doesn't that allow you to not use free
format?

I'm only asking because I don't know. Some of my issues with cycle maybe
just be I've never taken the time to learn it.

I can recall not too long ago I found a program what was using Ux
indicators. I had no idea what they were. I had to ask one of my co-workers
and they got a chuckle out of it.

James R. Perkins


On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 12:35, rick baird <rick.baird@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

While I agree that GOTOs are not required in cycle programs, I have

probably

only seen a handful of cycle programs that did not use them. There is
usually always some record you don't want.

gotos suck and have nothing to do with the cycle. the only
commonality is the lack of imagination for the programmer.

Usually when I find cycle programs that do not have GOTOs, it's because

they

are some kind of work file.

sigh.

Personally I find the ITER or LEAVESR can always replace a GOTO, if and

only

if it's not a cycle program ;-)

double sigh:

Ffile IP disk

do
<lots of "cycle programming">
leave
<lot more "cycle programming">
enddo

CL1> total time programming.
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