RE: Passing Parameters

Steve: It is my understanding that an API is a procedure that must be declared in the program before it can be used. A BIF is a procedure that doesn't need to be declared in the program and can be used by any program that is using the language the BIF belongs to. They are both still external procedures. Maybe this is another part of coding that I don't understand so correct me if I'm wrong. I used the terminology very loosely and I didn't mean to interchange the two terms.


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-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve Richter
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 9:16 AM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Re: Passing Parameters

On Jan 23, 2008 8:44 AM, Don Wereschuk <dwereschuk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I really didn't want to get into a discussion of what my code wanted to
accomplish in the end. All I needed was a reminder of an API ( %size() ) ...

%size is not an API. it is an RPG "built in function". I forget them myself
all the time. The ILE RPG Language Reference lists them in the table of
contents, chapter 22 ( V5R4 version ).

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v5r4/index.jsp?topic=/books_web/c092508602.htm

-Steve
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