RE: Coolest code you've ever written

["Schenck, Don" <Don.Schenck@xxxxxx>]

I was working at a paper mill in West Carrollton (outside Dayton) Ohio, and
we needed to print our carton labels "on the fly".

We purchased one of those original "create a label" programs that ran on the
AS/400; the ones where you type in the X and Y coordinates and the font name
and text etc etc.

Problem was, we had THOUSANDS of different products. Some products had their
own unique label, others belonged to a "family".

I LOVE writing stuff that uses a Finite State Machine, so I wrote a program
(didn't have SQL at the time) to allow the users to specify wildcard entries
when assigning labels to products.

For example, Label 123 could relate to the following products:

961002
960302
964*
96500*


It was really cool. Doesn't sound like much now, but believe me I was proud
of it. You could include exceptions in the list, too.


Peace,

-- Don Schenck


-----Original Message-----
From: Schenck, Don [mailto:Don.Schenck@WL.com]
Sent: March 16, 2000 11:25 AM
To: 'midrange-l@midrange.com'
Subject: Coolest code you've ever written


(I posted a similar message on the VISBAS-L list several weeks ago)

Gang --

This makes for a great thread:

Tell us about the _coolest_ code you've ever written. Let's keep it
AS/400-centric.

I'll post mine soon.

Peace,

-- Don Schenck
www.SchenckTech.com
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