Re: RFE for %SPLIT() %BIF

[Peter Dow <petercdow@xxxxxxxxx>]

You're right - let's not forget the venerable COBOL: UNSTRING and its 
opposite, STRING.

On 7/3/2019 1:34 PM, Justin Taylor wrote:
> Absolutely CSV is another use.
>
> I can't think of another programming language that doesn't offer this.  That being said, you're absolutely right that I shouldn't hold my breathe.  The RFE is from 2017.
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> Thanks
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: B Stone [mailto:bvstone@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2019 1:49 PM
> To: RPG programming on IBM i <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: RFE for %SPLIT() %BIF
>
> Ah, I was thinking CSV could be a use.
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> Seems like something you could easily write yourself and add to your ILE function toolset.
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> I wrote %scanrpl years before IBM did out of necessity.  But now I use theirs as I update things as I'm sure it's faster than mine.. :)
>
> Also, Nathan's idea is also a good one as far as the structure of the BIF.
>
> All these BIF ideas would be a great ILE/RPG open source project for those so inclined.  I don't know if I'd rely on IBM for everything.  They normally do eventually come around and add things that are popular, as shown over the years.
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> Bradley V. Stone
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