RE: imbedded CL in RPG

Bob wrote:
>Hans,
>
>How about writing a %sprinf() built-in function in RPG IV to support his
>kind of situation (just take a few years off from that CF-spec distraction.
><g>)

Bob:  I think you're thinking too much like a C programmer
and not enough like an RPG programmer.  Why use "sprintf"
when RPG has such good string catenation already?  Using
the + operator and BIFs like %EDITC, %CHAR, and %TRIMx
already gives you almost all the capabilities of "sprintf".
And it's easier to use than "sprintf"!

Cheers!  Hans

Hans Boldt, ILE RPG Development, IBM Toronto Lab, boldt@ca.ibm.com


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