Re: Searching for indicators

[Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>]

Outline doesn't work with RPG III.

What I do is CVTRPGSRC just so I have a outline, even if I'll I'm
doing is looking at the source.

Charles

On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 3:42 PM, Kurt Anderson
<kurt.anderson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Buck,
>
> You could try the WDSCi outline.  In the outline, under Global Definitions, there is a subsection called Indicators.
>
> However whether the outline will work on RPGIII code or not, I'm not so certain.  Could have swore I tried to outline an old program a while ago and it didn't work - whether the reason was that it was RPGIII or not, I don't know.  Worth a try.
>
> Good luck,
> Kurt Anderson
> Sr. Programmer/Analyst
> CustomCall Data Systems
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Buck
> Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 1:49 PM
> To: wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [WDSCI-L] Searching for indicators
>
> I'm an RPG programmer.  I work with code that has been in existence for
> quite some time.  That code has indicators in it.  I've always been
> somewhat baffled that I can't search for an indicator, or group of them.
>  This wasn't so bad in RPG III when a line of code looked like NMR 01
> 33... at least then I could scan for 'NMR 01 33' and come close to the
> spot I'm looking for.
>
> In RPG IV, this is painful because AN/OR indicators span lines:
> C  NMR
> CAN 01
> CAN 33...
>
> I have not found a way to use a regular expression to search across line
> breaks, which would help a lot.  No, the indicator cross reference isn't
> particularly useful when I'm looking for NMR 01, when separately, both
> indicators appear on hundreds of lines separately and together but only
> in one block of code do they occur as NMR 01.
>
> Yes, I know how horrible indicators are - I'm working with matching
> record.  Tell it to my vendor who refuses to use my surrogate keys
> forcing me to match on customer name.
>
> I'm not really interested in starting a 'how to fix the RPG code'
> thread; I'd rather find out what others have done to search for
> indicators with Lpex.  WDSC 7.0.0.8 here.  I just had a thought: does
> RDi have a 'search for indicators' function?
>
> I've been alternating between bookmarks and specially formated (easy to
> search for) comments, but hoping for something better.
>  --buck
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