Re: Need Some RPG Technical Questions -- RPG400-L

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Hi James,

All those "implicit" things...how about showing them a simple program with no primary file and no *INLR = *ON and no RETURN and see if they understand the error message about the compiler being unable to figure out how the program will end.<g>

*Peter Dow* /
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James Lampert wrote:

Murphy, Mark wrote:

Unless you shop uses the RPG cycle and matching record logic, there
really isn't anything in RPG that is terribly goofy and can't easily
be learned with a simple example.

IMHO, the operative phrase would be "and matching record logic." There's nothing "terribly goofy" about taking a ride on The Cycle, with or without a primary file; it's just an implicit "do-until-done" loop with optional implicit I/O. It only gets tricky and esoteric if you go into matching record logic, or start doing things with control breaks, and I have nothing but admiration for anybody who can use those things constructively.

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