Re: converting to *FREE

Please don't you start Booth - SQL is NOT the answer to every blasted problem!

In this case about the only thing that needs to change is the Proc/PI definitions and that is trivial. Why change working code more than needed? Besides the date is in memory or qsort couldn't be used in the first place. So using SQL would require creating a table, etc. etc.

On Nov 6, 2019, at 3:28 PM, Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Sometimes a rewrtre to newer solutions is the right answer? Replace qsort with sql's order by. That looks like they are sorting OrderItm by due date. Order by due date is a pretty well understood SQL activity.

On 11/6/2019 1:51 PM, Steve Jones wrote:

I have been converting our programs to be all free when making a change to
them. Today I came across this bit of code that I am struggling to convert.
The SortIt PR is what is confusing me the most.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

Thanks


D SortIt Pr ExtProc('qsort')
D DataStart * Value
D Elements 10U 0 Value
D Size 10U 0 Value
D CompFunc * Value ProcPtr

D myOrderItm Ds qualified
D Based(OrderItm)
D Aordtype 2A
D Aorder 7A
D Aduedte 7S 0
D Aquantity 10S 3

D Items Ds likeds(myOrderItm)
D dim(100)

D SortItems Pr 10I 0
D Elem1 likeds(myOrderItm)
D Elem2 likeds(myOrderItm)

P SortItems B
D SortItems PI 10I 0
D elem1 likeds(myOrderItm)
D elem2 likeds(myOrderItm)

/FREE
Select;
when Elem1.Aduedte < Elem2.Aduedte;
return -1;
when Elem1.Aduedte > Elem2.Aduedte;
return 1;
When Elem1.Aordtype < Elem2.Aordtype;
Return -1;
When Elem1.Aordtype > Elem2.Aordtype;
Return 1;
other;
return 0;
Endsl;

/END-FREE
P E

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