RE: Missing from RPG/LE

[Joe Teff <jteff19@xxxxxxx>]

> BTW, here's what we expect to provide in the next
> release of ILE RPG (not V4R3, but some release after that):
>
> - new datatypes:
>   -- 1 byte integer and unsigned
>   -- 8 byte integer and unsigned
>   -- UCS2
> - EVALR - right adjusted string assignment
> - FOR - free format do loop
> - LEAVESR - leave subroutine
> - some enhancements to data structures
>   -- OVERLAY(FLD:*NEXT) - no explicit offset needed
>   -- implicit definition of subfields that have
>      an overlaying subfield
>   -- INZ(*EXTDFT) - initialize subfields of externally
>      described data structures to DDS DFT value
> - new built-in functions:
>   -- %DIV - integer division
>   -- %GRAPH - convert string to graphic type
>   -- %REM - integer remainder
>   -- %XFOOT - sum of array elements
>   -- %UCS2 - convert string to UCS2 type
> - some support for threads
> - character variables can be up to 65535 chars long

What is a UCS2 data type?

Looking back at a handout from the Spring COMMON, I noticed that the
%CHECK, %CHECKR, %XLATE and %SCANR BIF's are not on this list?
Were they dropped or delayed?

I frequently need to concatenate numeric fields onto text. %CHAR only
works with graphics and date/time data types. I've started to use the
%EDITW BIF to do this. For example, ITEMNO is a 7-digit field:

  C                                        Eval         WarningMsg = 'Item ' +
  C                                                        %EDITW(ITEMNO:'0     
  ') +
  C                                                        ' is being obsoleted'

Is this a good way to do it or is it better to move ITEMNO to a charater
field before doing the concatenation? Or is there a better way to do it in
a single statement. BTW, I'm on V4R2.

Joe Teff
Information Technology Consultant
IBM Certified Specialist - AS/400 RPG Programmer
Quality Data Systems
Minneapolis, MN

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