RE: How many quotes does it need to work?

All the BIF's are contenders but %scanrpl() is very high on my list.

I wrote a form letter dunning system for our AR folks a few years ago. Without %scanrpl().... UGH!

I remember how we used to do that stuff... not fond remembrances.



-----Original Message-----
From: RPG400-L <rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Francois Lavoie
Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2021 12:15 PM
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Subject: RE: How many quotes does it need to work?

%ScanRpl is voted MVB for Most Valuable BIF ever by moi 😉

Thanks to Barbara Morris for its implementation


-----Original Message-----
From: RPG400-L <rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of John Yeung
Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2021 13:55
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Subject: Re: How many quotes does it need to work?

Indeed, this is why many (most?) other programming languages have a formalized string interpolation system, if not a full-blown templating system. Some examples can be found here:

https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FString_interpolation&amp;data=04%7C01%7C%7C33fe6399b06f453cc52608d8d449d443%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637492760844333478%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=yuhTgR3miNtXdemPfXzCPwtZU0K8OaTJ%2BkBS19jJqXQ%3D&amp;reserved=0

Your method of using %SCANRPL is essentially a home-grown interpolation system. It was indeed a significant improvement to RPG's string handling when it was introduced.

John Y.
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