Re: Nested IF, OR and AND in /free

[Albert York <alfromme@xxxxxxxxx>]

Isn't this were a 'when' statement should be used?

Albert

On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 8:53 AM, DeLong, Eric <EDeLong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> While not EXACTLY an "in list" function, for the example below, there is a hack...
>
> If ( %scan(chk1 : '1|7|8|9') > 0 ) and chk6 <> '  '
>
> Caveat: I used a pipe symbol to separate my listed values, so that the technique works for fields of different lengths.  If chk1 were two bytes long, then each of the elements in the list should be two bytes, separated by some character that is never expected to be in the source field.  This helps to ensure that scan will only match on string patterns between the separation character.
>
> -Eric DeLong
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alan Campin
> Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 4:37 PM
> To: RPG programming on the IBM i / System i
> Subject: Re: Nested IF, OR and AND in /free
>
> You can't use a list on RPG Free
>
> /free
>  if (chk1 = '7' or
>     chk1 = '8' or
>     chk1 = '9' or
>     chk1 = '1') and
>    chk6 <> '  ';
> /end-free
>
> On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 2:53 PM, <Nick_Radich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > We are at V5R4.
> >
> > I am trying to get more into using /free, after 30 years of programming.
> >
> > I have included the following snippet of code that will not compile.  I
> > get error RNF7421 on the compile listing.
> >
> > I have also tried entering this using WDSC.
> >
> > Can I do this code at V5R4?
> >
> > /free
> >        if chk1 = ('7' or '8' or '9')
> >        or chk1 = '1'
> >        and chk6 <> '  ';
> > /end-free
> >
> >
> > Any help or pointers will be greatly appreciated.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanx,
> >
> > Nick
> >
> >
> >
> > Nick Radich
> > Sr. Programmer/Analyst
> > EPC Molding, Inc.
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> > Toll free  (800) 388-2155 ext. 6683
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