Re: Proposal for New RPG BIF -- MIDRANGE-L

So, submit an IDEA to get IBM (Barbara Morris) to fix the compiler! :-)
On Thursday, August 1, 2024 at 04:47:34 PM EDT, Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

That was my first thought but the compiler didn't like it!

Jon P.

On Jul 31, 2024, at 8:20 PM, <smith5646midrange@xxxxxxxxx> <smith5646midrange@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

It would be nice if *blanks worked so you didn't have to define a variable/constant and fill it with blanks.

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From: MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Jon Paris
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2024 2:52 PM
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Subject: Re: Proposal for New RPG BIF

Just for fun ...

dcl-s blanks char(40) Inz;
dcl-s x char(30);

x = 'A' + %Left( blanks : 10 ) + 'B';

Jon P.

On Jul 31, 2024, at 2:46 PM, Justin Taylor <jtaylor.0ab@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I ran this completely unscientific comparison.

startTime = %timestamp();
For x = 1 to 1000;
gResult = ' ' + BASE + ' ';
Endfor;
endTime = %timestamp();
charOut = %char( %diff(endTime :startTime :*ms) );
Dsply charOut;

startTime = %timestamp();
For x = 1 to 1000;
EXEC SQL set :gResult = space(5) || :BASE || space(5);
Endfor;
endTime = %timestamp();
charOut = %char( %diff(endTime :startTime :*ms) );
Dsply charOut;

Results for 2 runs:
DSPLY 39
DSPLY 12531

DSPLY 63
DSPLY 13600
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