Re: Opnqryf with Many Selections

[Pat Barber <mboceanside@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Richard Jackson wrote:
> 
> Buck:
> 
> Why is writing a CL program messy?
> 
> Suppose the display had 5 fields called fld1, fld2, fld3, fld4, and fld5.
> Suppose that each field was type character and contained a matching field -
> the user could supply a blank or an "equal" value.  A CL program might be
> coded to do the following:

This pretty much duplicates what I ended up doing. My biggest concern
was NOT "how" to do it, rather, what is a good way that could be
followed
by either myself or some other poor slob who has to modify it in years
to come. I try very hard to keep things simple, both for me and anybody
who might follow.

There were a number of decent ideas & suggestions and I will end up
with a merger of several different ideas.(which is what I wanted)

As to Buck's comment about CLP being "messy", I come from the old 
school on this. Keep it VERY simple and it doesn't look or act
"messy". CLP "can" be made to look horrible, but with just a few
extra minutes of thought, can be quite elegant.
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