Re: Proposal for New RPG BIF

[Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>]

This discussion is more appropriate for the RPG List...
https://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/rpg400-l

Charles


On Tue, Jul 30, 2024 at 10:01 PM Javier Sanchez <
javiersanchezbarquero@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Team,
>
> Honestly, I didn't want to go and look for the already posted proposals for
> new TRs in RPG.
>
> If this already exists and was rejected, just throw me a lot of rotten eggs
> (LOL).
>
> I am thinking of a new BIF: %SPACES(nSpaces)
>
> This would help a lot to stuff in a string a number of spaces when
> concatenating several pieces of other strings.
>
> Example:
>
> stmfString = var1 + %SPACES(50) + var2 + %SPACES(20);
>
> The literal number of spaces can also be a variable containing a valid
> positive value for the number of spaces to stuff in.
>
> Opinions?  (Or rotten eggs).
>
> Thanks,
>
> JS
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