Re: Procedures/SubProcedures -- MIDRANGE-L

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Ron,

>Is this a true statement?
>Procedures can only be accessed through service programs.

False.  Procedures can also be defined and used within a single source
member -- like a subroutine but with arguments and/or a return value
plus advantages like local variables, etc.  In fact, I rarely code a
subroutine anymore -- in almost every case I prefer a procedure
instead.

Procedures can also be exported for use when combining multiple
modules into a single program.

And of course service programs are an excellent way of making
procedures available to any ILE program.  I group them into related
categories: string handling, date handling, etc.

Doug
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