RE: Standards question: What is your feeling about %found &%eofvs. %found(file) & %eof(file) ?

Well one reason is a different standard - Only one read per do loop.

No paired primary and secondary reads since someone eventually loses
one.

In your example you could not use ITER since the read is not at the top
of the loop.

Plus, finding the primary and secondary reads in large loops becomes a
problem. Therefore, the other standard of only one read per loop.


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Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 1:05 PM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: RE: Standards question: What is your feeling about %found
&%eofvs. %found(file) & %eof(file) ?

Why add complexitiy to the code with
setll somekey myfile;
dow 1 = 1;
read myfile;
if %eof();
Leave;
endif;
setll somekey2 myfile2;
dow 1 = 1;
read myfile2;
if %eof();
leave;
endif;
enddo;
enddo;


When this is, IMHO, less complicated and easier to read and understand

setll somekey myfile;
read myfile;
DoW Not %eof(myfile);
setll somekey2 myfile2;
read myfile2;
DoW Not %Eof(myfile2);
Read Myfile2;
enddo;
read myfile;
enddo;




Thanks,
Jeff Davis
Dental Network of America


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