RE: Suggested technique

I'm not fully awake, but it looks like the code only executes the code
for a single comparison.  If that's true, then select would work.  If
the value of action were changed in one of the if groups it would be a
different thing.  

I can't remember a situation where I've used leave or iter.  It's
probably because I was trained that way and developed coding habits that
avoid them. I am guilty of using return in procedures the way some
people use leave.

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From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of RPower@xxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 9:16 AM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Re: Suggested technique

What's wrong with the Iter and Leave op codes?  I've used them a lot in
the past, and will probably continue to do so in the future.  I don't
like the GOTO's and CAB's, but the LEAVE and ITER just make sense.
Especially in screen processing.  The following code is a looping
screen.  The ITER code helps when doing validation, and the LEAVE is a
simple way to get out.  How could you code this without using them?
BTW, this isn't my code, but I was looking real quick to find an example
lol.

      * Stay in loop until Cmd 1 is pressed
     c                   dow       not(*in01)
     c                   eval      action    = *blanks
     c                   eval      category  = *blanks
     c                   eval      descriptn = *blanks
     c                   exfmt     cbrdescdt
     c                   movea     '0000000'     *in(30)
      *
      * F5 will print report
     c                   if        *in05     = *on
     c                   eval      *in50     = *on
     c                   exsr      print
     c                   iter
     c                   endif
      *
      * Just a littl

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