Re: Is this the Free-Format that we asked for?

Hi Gene,

As I mentioned in another post I just finished, I'd do what all of us do now
when an EVAL doesn't fit on one line. Continue it on multiple lines without
having to put a continuation character, and without having to put a
statement terminator:


    c            eval    a =
    c                        %substr(c:1:5) +
    c                        %substr(d:5:10)

Note that the + sign is not a continuation character, it's a concatentation
character.

Regards,
Peter Dow
Dow Software Services, Inc.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Hockemeyer, Gene" <HockemG@sunbeam.com>
To: <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Friday, November 03, 2000 5:07 AM
Subject: RE: Is this the Free-Format that we asked for?


> What will you do .. if your statement exceeds the line length and you have
> no means of telling the compiler or yourself or others following you down
> the path you build .. where the statement ends!
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Dow [mailto:pcdow@MailAndNews.com]
> Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 9:19 PM
> To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: Is this the Free-Format that we asked for?
>
>
> Hi Jim,
>
> I wouldn't mind
>
>  a = 0;  b = 0;  c = 0;
>
> but I really don't like
>
>     if a = b;
>       eval y = x;
>     endif;
>
> It's kind of interesting. I haven't heard anyone mention COBOL in this
> discussion...
>
> Regards,
> Peter Dow
> Dow Software Services, Inc.
> 909 425-0194 voice
> 909 425-0196 fax
>
> From: "Jim Langston" <jimlangston@conexfreight.com>
> > I have used languages that do not require an end of statement
terminator,
> such
> > as QuickBasic, dBase and Clipper
> >
> > I have used languages that do require an end of statement terminator,
such
> as
> > C, Pascal and Perl
> >
> > I did not like having to use an underscore in QuickBasic and Clipper to
> continue a line. _
> >
> > I did not mind using a semicolon in C and Pascal to terminate a line;
> >
> > I hate having to use a C in RPG on every line, makes for ugly code.
> >
> > The fact is, the semi colon is not superficious.
> >
> > How would you code this without being able to use a semi colon?
> >
> > a = 0;  b = 0;  c = 0;
> >
> > Without the statement terminator, I now have a limit, one statement per
> line.
> >
> > a = 0
> > b = 0
> > c = 0
>
>
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