Re: Need for separate Input and Output Areas in Display File

----- Original Message -----
From: "Winchester Terry" <terry.winchester@raymondcorp.com>
To: <cobol400-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 10:59 AM
Subject: RE: Need for separate Input and Output Areas in Display File


> I believe the only way you can do this is via bound Service
> Programs -- but I'm not versed in that area. Of course, just
> calling an RPG program is dead simple (just like CL).

And calling procedures is just as simple:

CALL PROCEDURE "WhatEverTheHellYouWant" USING......

> I wished Cobol had better string handling. The String/Unstring
> statements work pretty well if you understand but they can
> become quite complicated.  Having some special "intrinsic
> functions" like RPG would be nice :)

How bout reference modification?

FIELD-A(12:45)
That's substring, pos 12, length 45.
And you can use variables
FIELD-A(from-pos : toPos)

How bout they DO have intrinsic functions.... all the trig functions, things
like LOWER-CASE, ADD-DURATION, blah blah blah...

Chapter 15 of the reference....

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R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr.
 -- IBM Certified Specialist - iSeries Administrator
 -- IBM Certified Specialist - RPG IV Developer

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