Re(2): OPNQRY reference book

["Mike Naughton" <mnaughton@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I won't argue with you Barbara. The main point was to define a variable to
hold the single-quote, in order to eliminate confusion in the rest of the
code. I personally have a fondness for hex, but it's definitely personal
and I wouldn't say it's "better". As you point out, though, it does allow
use of other difficult-to-code characters such as tabs and backspaces,
etc. I've even used them to hold color values for attribute bytes, so that
I can get creative with my display screens without using a lot of
indicators. . . .

RPG400-L@midrange.com writes:
>Mike, it's just as easy (and readable) to code this
>
>DCL    &SQ *CHAR 1 VALUE('''')     /* Single Quote (') */
>
>but this version has the advantage of being portable.  I know that
>portability is not particularly an issue now, but who knows?
>
>In RPG code, where portability can already be an issue, this is more
>important.  If you have other characters like tab, it might be a good
>idea to make a single /COPY file with named constants for these special
>characters.  Then there's not much to choose between '''' and x'7D',
>since you have several things to change if you go to a different system.
>
>Barbara Morris


Mike Naughton
Senior Programmer/Analyst
Judd Wire, Inc.
124 Turnpike Road
Turners Falls, MA  01376
413-863-4357 x444
mnaughton@juddwire.com

+---
| This is the RPG/400 Mailing List!
| To submit a new message, send your mail to RPG400-L@midrange.com.
| To subscribe to this list send email to RPG400-L-SUB@midrange.com.
| To unsubscribe from this list send email to RPG400-L-UNSUB@midrange.com.
| Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com
+---