RE: NOT on the left side -- RPG400-L

Joel,

What do you mean "true boolean"? True and False, Yes and No, On and Off
Don't we have this already? Isn't the *on and *off construct virtually the
same asVB's True and False?



Mark


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                    "Joel R. Cochran"
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I've been using the old *on/*off, but I would love to have true boolean
support in RPGIV.  If there is a way to do this already I feel *small*...
when I want a flag field - something like an indicator that just toggles
two
values - I define two constants like...

d #YES            c                   const('y')
d #NO             c                   const('n')

and then just use those fields for checking, but true booleans would be
great...

Joel R. Cochran
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: rob@dekko.com [mailto:rob@dekko.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 4:03 PM
> To: rpg400-l@midrange.com
> Subject: NOT on the left side
>
>
>
> Suppose I have the following:
> PrettyField is an indicator field - a type 'N'.
> /free
>  if This=That;
>   PrettyField;
>  else;
>   Not PrettyField;
>  Endif;
> /end-free
>
> The
>   PrettyField;
> compiles ok.  However the
>   Not PrettyField;
> does not.
>
> Should I use the
> PrettyField=*on;
> PrettyField=*off;
> logic, or should I hold my breath until I turn blue and hope
> IBM changes
> this?
>
> Rob Berendt
> --
> "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
> Benjamin Franklin
>
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