AW: Eval variable = long text

Luis,

I believe is the next (non-blank) character.

please reread my post:
If a + sign is used the text continues with the next non-blank character in
the next row.
If a - sign is used the text continues with the first blank character in the
next row.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards

Birgitta Hauser

"Shoot for the moon, even if you miss, you'll land among the stars." (Les
Brown)
"If you think education is expensive, try ignorance." (Derek Bok)
"What is worse than training your staff and losing them? Not training them
and keeping them!"


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Von: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Im
Auftrag von Luis Rodriguez
Gesendet: Tuesday, 15. February 2011 15:52
An: RPG programming on the IBM i / System i
Betreff: Re: Eval variable = long text

Birgitta's translation is clearer : the text continues with the next

(blank) character in the next row.

Surely, that would be the character in column 8?

I believe is the next (non-blank) character. In the "Real life example" I
posted before, although the second line is indented, the result is:

Select zuonr, lifnr, xblnr, DMBTR, BLDAT, BELNR FROM SAPSR3.BSIK WHERE blart
= 'KM'

although the source code is:
... 1 ...+... 2 ...+... 3 ...+... 4 ...+... 5 ...+... 6 ...+...

SQL_ST = 'Select zuonr, lifnr, xblnr, DMBTR, BLDAT, BELNR +
FROM SAPSR3.BSIK WHERE blart = ''KM'' ';

Regards,


Luis Rodriguez
IBM Certified Systems Expert ? eServer i5 iSeries
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On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 9:57 AM, David FOXWELL
<David.FOXWELL@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

Hmm, not as easy as that it would seem. Lot's of different answers with
different numbers of quotes around the apostrophe!
I don't like the QUOTE constant, it just makes it less readable. But I
suppose it saves one from having to remember how many quotes to use!

Charles, RTM would have sufficed thanks. What does "A hyphen (-) indicates
continuation is in the first available position in the continued field "
mean?
What's the continued field?

Birgitta's translation is clearer : the text continues with the next
(blank) character in the next row.
Surely, that would be the character in column 8?

Thanks all.

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[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] De la part de Colpaert, Peter
Envoyé : mardi 15 février 2011 14:46
À : RPG programming on the IBM i / System i
Objet : RE: Eval variable = long text

David,

Easy peasy:

/free
MyVar = 'This is a sentence of around ' +
'130 characters containing ' +
'apostrophes an'''all';
/end-free

HTH,

Peter Colpaert
Software Engineer - PLM Development Team Philips Consumer Luminaires
Tel: (+32) 3/459 13 17
Fax: (+32) 3/450 74 33
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Email: Peter.Colpaert@xxxxxxxxxxx

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