Re: Proposal for New RPG BIF

[Peter Dow <petercdow@xxxxxxxxx>]

While it's pretty simple to write a procedure to do this, if I were 
going to ask for a new BIF, I'd ask for a version of the more general 
SQL scalar function REPEAT(string, number), e.g.

myString = %repeat("Hello " : 5)

would return "Hello Hello Hello Hello Hello ".

A bit more flexible than just returning spaces.

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On 7/30/2024 9:00 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