Re: Change *DTAARA from within a COBOL pgm ? follow up

Hey, at least I don't burn 40 columns just to say :

      C                                      IN    POOP

and let's not forget the define statements too....

;-)

as for the code, they are standard DISPLAY and ACCEPT with IBM extensions.
Format 9 for ACCEPT and Format 5 for DISPLAY.

Just because (as Al pointed out) the language is standardized, (standardised
for you, Jon...) does not mean that compiler developers don't have some
latitude in extending the language....

<TONGUE location="firmly in cheek" grin="on" size="large">
RPG is just one big extension over no standard....
</TONGUE>


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R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr.
 -- IBM Certified Specialist - AS/400 Administrator
 -- IBM Certified Specialist - RPG IV Developer

"America is the land that fought for freedom and then
  began passing laws to get rid of it."

     - Alfred E. Neuman

-----Original Message-----
From: srichter <srichter@mail.autocoder.com>
To: midrange-l@midrange.com <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Date: Thursday, August 16, 2001 7:28 PM
Subject: Re: Change *DTAARA from within a COBOL pgm ?


>That is some nasty looking code.
>
>I will never criticize rpg again<g>.
>
>Steve Richter
>
>---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
>From: "R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr." <rbruceh@attglobal.net>
>Reply-To: midrange-l@midrange.com
>Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 19:19:05 -0400
>
>>      WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
>>      01 data-value.
>>         05 returned-packed1  pic s9(3)v9(2) packed-decimal.
>>      PROCEDURE DIVISION.
>>            move 345.67 to returned-packed1.
>>
>>            DISPLAY  data-value UPON data-area
>>               FOR "DECDATA" LIBRARY "QGPL".
>>
>>            ACCEPT   data-value FROM data-area
>>               FOR "DECDATA" LIBRARY "QGPL".
>>
>>===========================================================
>>R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr.
>> -- IBM Certified Specialist - AS/400 Administrator
>> -- IBM Certified Specialist - RPG IV Developer
>>
>>"America is the land that fought for freedom and then
>>  began passing laws to get rid of it."
>>
>>     - Alfred E. Neuman
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Tim Truax <truax@telerama.com>
>>To: COBOL400-L List <cobol400-L@midrange.com>
>>Date: Thursday, August 16, 2001 4:57 PM
>>Subject: Change *DTAARA from within a COBOL pgm ?
>>
>>
>>I have a COBOL 400 program that uses a call to QCMDEXC to change a *DTAARA
>>(Data area).
>>Is there a less overhead utilizing manner in which to change a *DTAARA
from
>>within a COBOL program than using the QCMDEXC?
>>Maybe some similar way to the way RPG400 does it by using the IN opcode
then
>>the OUT opcode?
>>Thanks!
>>Tim Truax  :-)
>>
>>
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