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  • Subject: Re: Help - Can't see the forest for the trees
  • From: "Eric N. Wilson" <doulos1@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 00:01:04 -0700

I have had difficulty with the If Not *INxx before. If you would try If Not
*Inxx = *On (or even better If %Found = *On) then I think things should work
for you.

______________________________________________
Eric N. Wilson
President
Doulos Software & Computer Services
2913 N Alder St
Tacoma WA 98407


----- Original Message -----
From: Dennis Munro <DMunro@badgerminingcorp.com>
To: 'RPG/400 Mailing List' <rpg400-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 1999 3:56 PM
Subject: Help - Can't see the forest for the trees


> He is a bit of ILE code that is not working - and I needed it working
Monday
> for the auditors.
>
> c     saveian       chain     gcrl03                             98
>    c                   if        not *in98
>    c                   eval      xxcomp = %subst(crsg01:1:1)
>    c                   eval      xxfac  = %subst(crsg02:1:2)
>    c                   eval      xxdept = %subst(crsg03:1:4)
>    c                   eval      xxacnt = %subst(crsg04:1:6)
>    c                   eval      xxprod = %subst(crsg05:1:3)
>    c                   endif
>     *  Check for valid fac/dept number combinations
>    c                   if        xxfac = '20' and xxdept = '0200' or
>
>    c                             xxfac = '30' and xxdept = '0200' or
>
>    c                             xxfac = '40' and xxdept = '0200'
>
>     *  Determine the correct account "type"
>     *       1=Sales
>    c                   if        xxacnt = seg4sls
>    c                   eval      xxtype = '1'
>    c                   endif
> *       2=Built in freight
> c                   if        xxacnt >= seg4bif1 and xxacnt <= seg4bif2
> c                   eval      xxtype = '2'
> c                   endif
>    *       3=Cost of goods sold
> c                   if        xxacnt >= seg4cog1 and xxacnt <= seg4cog2 or
> c                             xxacnt >= seg4cog3 and xxacnt <= seg4cog4
> c                   eval      xxtype = '3'
> c                   endif
>    *       4=Miscellaneouse income
> c                   if        xxacnt >= seg4msc1 and xxacnt <= seg4msc2
and
> c                             xxacnt <> seg4sls
> c                   eval      xxtype = '4'
> c                   endif
> ----------------------------------- more code goes here
> -------------------------------------------
>     *  Write the data record if all the below apply:
>     *        facility <> 80
>     *        type is not blank
>     *        ledger year is >= to previous year
>     *        ledger year is <= to current year
>    c                   if        xxfac <> fac80 and
>    c                             xxtype <> ' ' and
>    c                             xxyear >= previous and
>    c                             xxyear <= current
>    c                   write     gsbincr
>    c                   endif
>     *  Reset all the data fields & for the "new" control break
>    c                   eval      saveian = sbian
>    c                   eval      saveyear = sbyear
>    c                   eval      amt = 0
>    c                   eval      xxcomp = ''
>    c                   eval      xxfac = ''
>    c                   eval      xxdept = ''
>    c                   eval      xxacnt = ''
>    c                   eval      xxprod = ''
>    c                   eval      xxtype = ''
>     *
>    c                   endif
>     *
>
> The section of code that checks for valid fac/dept combinations is my
> problem.
>
> When I run this through the STRDBG, I see it hit the first line of that
> section of code and the next line it hits is the ENDIF associated with it.
> If I comment the 3 IF related lines and the ENDIF line, the program works
> and writes 1145 records to the file - although I get more records than I
> want.  All I want to do is limit the records being written to the file to
> the three combinations on the IF statement.  I've put parentheses around
the
> logical groups and that has done nothing.  I have even coded it to only lo
ok
> for just xxfac = '20' and that does not work.  Is there a book or web site
> that might have examples to look at - I mean real life ones, not the kind
> you generally see in some manuals?
>
> I literally can't see the forest for the trees.  Another problem when you
> are the only programmer and you don't have somebody in house to look at
it.
> In similar situations, I've thrown the program away and written a new
> program and that seems to change the mindset so I approach it differently
> and the new program works.
>
> This is a similar situation.  Is there something I don't understand about
> ILE related to IF's, OR's, and AND's that somebody can help me with?  This
> is a simple read a record and write a reformatted record if it meets
certain
> criteria - nothing exotic, until today.
>
> There is a lot about ILE that I have not even scratched the surface on
> learning and I accept that but this has me completely frustrated.  It
really
> seems pretty simple and straight forward and probably is but I sure can't
> see it.  Doesn't help to have auditors breathing down your neck looking
for
> the report either but that goes with the territory.
>
> Thanks for your input.
>
> Dilbert's Words Of Wisdom:
> "I love deadlines.  I especially like the whooshing sound they make as
they
> go flying by."
>
> Dennis Munro
> Badger Mining Corporation
> dmunro@badgerminingcorp.com <mailto:dmunro@badgerminingcorp.com>
>
>
>
>
>
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