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My ideas: Languages - RPG

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    %split() should return an empty element where a separator character follows another separator character

    In %split() if a separator character follows another separator character, it is ignored. For example, %SPLIT('abc..def' : '.') returns an array with two elements: ('abc','def'). It would be nice if it was possible that an empty element could be re...
    about 4 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 4 Delivered

    Extend ON-ERROR to accept message codes

    In our codebase, we use a lot of user-defined message codes in *ESCAPE messages for our exception handling. We combine these with RPG's MONITOR op-code to trap the errors and, if possible, handle them. Identification of the last exception message ...
    over 4 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 4 Delivered

    Extend RPG compiler messages to support modern RPG naming

    The current design for the compiler messages does not support the enhancements to modernize the RPG language. When messages are returned to a client via the *EVENTF option, the replacement values for the messages are limited to legacy system names...
    over 4 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 7 Delivered

    Allow a BIF that checks to see if a parameter is passed

    Please introduce a new BIF that will indicate if a parameter has been passed with actual data, as opposed to not passed or passed with *OMIT. Use Case: To check to see if a parameter defined as OPTIONS(*NOPASS) or ...*OMIT) was passed with data, I...
    about 5 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 11 Delivered

    Add an enumeration type to RPG so that named constants can be qualified

    Allow the use of the CONST keyword to define a datastructure as a constant Use Case: There is currently no mechanism for a complex type to be declared as a constant, immutable value. Providing this would also allow a qualified datastructure to be ...
    over 5 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 11 Delivered

    Make %subst and %len operate on characters for UTF-8 and UTF-16

    Since V7R2 RPG supports UTF-8 and UTF-16 data. That is very nice, however, its usefulness is limited by the fact that %len and %subst operate on bytes instead of characters. That makes it practically impossible to process a UTF-8 of UTF-16 string ...
    over 5 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 4 Delivered

    TR level should be included in the front page of the RPG Reference

    I'm saving a copy of the documentation for the ILE RPG Reference as a PDF-document on my PC. It is convenient when working off line or when the lines are slow. But I'm missing that the TR level is included in the front page (see attachment). It wo...
    over 5 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 7 Delivered

    RPG datastructure array sort by more than one subfield

    For RPG please provide extended sort capability for datastructure arrays. This means sorting of an array over more then one subfield.E.g.: sorta name_of_array(*) (subfieldx: subfieldY: …) using the names of the subfiledsOr sorta name_of_array(*) (...
    almost 6 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 9 Delivered

    Allow numeric variable as second parameter to %KDS

    Currently, the %KDS bif has a second parameter to specify how many of the key fields are to be used in the I/O operation. This second parameter can only be a numeric constant (named or literal). Please allow a numeric variable (integer or zero-dec...
    over 6 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 4 Delivered

    Enhancement to SELECT

    Currently there is no difference between a SELECT ... ENDSL block and an IF ... ELSEIF ... ENDIF block. I am not real sure why both are in the language. However, if the SELECT block had a "switched" format like the SWITCH block in C, that would be...
    over 6 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 13 Delivered

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