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

Or, imho, even clearer and easier to maintain:

setll somekey myfile;
read myfile;
DoW Not %eof;
exsr GetFile2
read myfile;
enddo;

GetFile2 begsr;
setll somekey2 myfile2;
read myfile2;
DoW Not %Eof;
read Myfile2;
enddo;
endsr;

I remember back to the days when we would use indicators, and then 200 lines later do something based on that indicator. It was just plain bad programming back then, and it still is, in my opinion.

jdavis@xxxxxxxx wrote:

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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