Re: Proposal for New RPG BIF

Not as elegant as a BIF or a function, but I haven't seen this
solution mentioned:

%Len( Spaces ) = 20 ;
stmfString = var1 + Spaces + var2 ;

where Spaces is defined as a Varying variable.

For simple requirements, this should perform way better than a function.

-mark

On 7/31/2024 12:08 PM, Javier Sanchez wrote:

You are right Charles.

El mié, 31 jul 2024 a las 9:38, Charles Wilt (<charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>)
escribió:

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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