Re: "extract" command enhancement -- RPG400-L

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Jon wrote:
>%Component ?  - I kinda like that one
>
>%Part - %Segment - %Subfld - %Item ?
>
>I agree though that it doesn't make sense to use extract on the LHS.

In a private note to me, someone suggested using %subst.
However, since the "st" in the name means "string", we
don't really want to overload that bif.

The name we're currently leaning towards is "%subdtz".
As in, the sub-part of a date, time, or timestamp value.

Cheers!  Hans

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

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