RE: NOT on the left side

[rob@xxxxxxxxx]

Jim, and others, the PrettyField = (This = That) would work.  Although I am
sure it would drive others here nuts to maintain it.  That in itself would
give me a kick :-)

Also, I determined that
PrettyField;
did NOT compile.  It thought it was a subprocedure but could not find a
prototype.  I thought that I'd have to do a
PrettyField();
if this was a subprocedure, but I guess not.

I'm glad that Joel now realizes that there is an boolean indicator variable
- type N.  I thought I had that in my original post.  Joel, hopefully this
makes sense as to why some people use pointers to base named indicators
over regular indicators
D Highlight      s             N  based(%addr(*in01))
D PositionCur    s             N  based(%addr(*in02))

And there is no way I am going to rename *on to True and *off to False.
That just seems pointless.  I've already deleted the email so maybe I got
the work variable wrong, but this is in response to the person who
suggested that I do that.

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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Hmm.. can you just say:
PrettyField = (This = That);
Don't rightly know if that will work in RPG, it would work in C if
PrettyField was type bool (boolean). That is logically what you are asking
for.

That code will never work, because the compiler can't figure out what you
are trying to do (and I had to read your explanation before I figured it
out
:) )

What that code is saying is (If PrettyField is *On to begin with):
If This=That;
   *On;
Else;
   *Off;
EndIf;

And that makes no sense, to me or the compiler :)

That the statement
PrettyField;
compiles is a total suprise to me.  But I doubt if it actually does
anything
at all.

Regards,

Jim Langston

-----Original Message-----
From: rob@dekko.com [mailto:rob@dekko.com]

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
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