Re: How were first 5 positions used in RPG III?

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jeff

Thanks, yeah, I gave it a try - this was just interesting - my colleague 
across the aisle says that was originally a sequence area for punch cards.

Now don't drop the stack of cards, please!!

Vern

On 1/30/2017 12:46 PM, Jeff Young wrote:
> Vern,
> >From what I recall, at least starting with RPG II, that was just a sequence
> field.
> I know for a fact, that you can put anything you want there, and I
> character data all the time.
>
> Jeff Young
> Sr. Programmer Analyst
>
> On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 1:12 PM, Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > Deep memory dive needed here!
> >
> > I'm maintaining code, adding a change to an RPG III source.
> >
> > RDi at the latest version has syntax coloring, of course, and there is a
> > number in positions 1-4 that has been used for a change request reference.
> >
> > RDi colors the 1st 2 positions as black, the next 2 positions as some kind
> > of grey, the same syntax color as the entry columns of a File Description
> > Continuation RENAME.
> >
> > I went to the RPG/400 documentation and found the following: "Page
> > (positions 1-2) and Line (positions 3-5). These are the equivalent of
> > source line number" ILE RPG says those positions can be used as a comment,
> > which is what I always understood.
> >
> > Just curious if anyone remembers and can say more - I'm wondering now if I
> > can even put non-numerics in those columns!
> >
> > Cheers
> > Vern
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