Re[2]: Missing from RPG/LE

[eric.delong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

     David,
     Take a look at the syntax used in OPNQRYF. 
     
     'nbrvar = %RANGE(low-val high-val)'
     
     Joe's syntax looks fine to me. BTW, OS400 supports a %EQUAL BIF 
     with the following op-codes: "=", "*EQ".  I do agree that this 
     could wait, but I would prefer %range and %list to be made 
     available at some point, just for the clarity of boolean the 
     expressions. 
     
     eric.delong@pmsi-services.com


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Subject: Re: Missing from RPG/LE 
Author:  <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com > at INET_WACO
Date:    9/25/98 8:57 AM


Joe,
     
In your examples I don't follow how a date should be "=" to a range.  I could se
IF range(dateentered: 980101: 980131), but you can do that today.  I think range
etc. would be better supported as new operators.  After all we don't have %EQUAL
  It may be a problem implementing because someone could already have a field c
led "range" or "in" in a program.  I would like to see this done, but there are 
her areas that would be higher priority to me.
     
David Morris
     
>>> Joe Teff <jteff19@idt.net> 09/24 10:04 PM >>>
I appreciate how much more readable code is in RPG/LE than any other flavor of 
the language. There is one area though that I think a much better job could have
been done. I think that having a %Range and %List BIFs would really help
cleanup coding.
     
  I would write:
     
     C                                  If              DateEntered >= 980101 
     and C                                                  DateEntered <= 
     980131
     
  Instead I could write
     
     C                                  If              DateEntered = 
     %Range(980101 980131)
     
  Or I would write:
     
     C                                 If              ItemStatus <> 'D' and 
     ItemStatus<> 'O' and
     C                                                 ItemStatus <> 'P'
     
  Instead I could write:
     
    C                                  If               ItemStatus = Not 
    %List('D' 'O''P')
     
   Or, even better:
     
    D Deleted                               C                              'X' 
    D Obsoleted                           C                              'Q'
    D Prototype                            C                              'S'
     
    C                                  If              ItemStatus = Not 
    %List(Deleted Obsoleted Prototype)
     
This code would become even more readable and thus more maintainable. In fact, m
y
of the BIFs available in SQL look like good possibilities.
     
I really do like what has been done to the language and find that writing in RPG
(aka
RPG/400) is becoming as untasteful as writing in RPG2.
     
Joe Teff
     
     
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