Re: Proposal for New RPG BIF

[Scott Klement <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Why not just write a subprpocedure to do this?  Seems extremely simple 
to me.  A subprocedure will perform very well, and introduces very 
little overhead.


On 7/30/24 11:00 PM, Javier Sanchez 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