Re: Indicating Total Time in Free Form when using RPG Cycle

You do not need to understand matching records or the cycle to use RPGLE. For a new person coming to RPGLE the attitude of " you can't really call yourself an RPG programmer" is not encouraging. We need to encourage new people, not discourage them.


Paul
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From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Anderson, Kurt
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 3:06 PM
To: RPG programming on the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)
Subject: RE: Indicating Total Time in Free Form when using RPG Cycle

Jerry, your comment appears to come without any respect whatsoever. Somehow you attribute a real RPG programmer as one who uses (or has used) old methodologies. I honestly don't judge if someone is going to use matching records indicators. I know we have a couple programs that do, and we pretty much leave them alone. Do I claim to understand them? No. Every time I work with them (that is, virtually never), I have to research what's going on. Anyway, I just had to respond. Being unable to call yourself a RPG programmer based on a completely arbitrary method of coding is ridiculous.

-Kurt

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From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jerry C. Adams
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 2:55 PM
To: 'RPG programming on the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)'
Subject: RE: Indicating Total Time in Free Form when using RPG Cycle

Nancy, with all due respect, if you don't know "matching records," you can't really call yourself an RPG programmer. I'm not sayinf you have to have used them, but a real "Cycle" programmer knows matching records (even if they don't use them properly).

Jerry C. Adams
IBM i Programmer/Analyst
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From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of newnancy@xxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 8:54 AM
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Subject: Re: Indicating Total Time in Free Form when using RPG Cycle

They claimed that you can only test an indicator, such as *IN01 or *INLR, in an IF statement. (*in01 IFNE or IFEQ or IFGT etc 01 or ON). Any variable, including a counter or a field of a record, can be tested.
The System 36 and 38 is a little before my time. SO are matching records.


Thank you,
Nancy
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