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Status Future consideration
Workspace IBM i
Categories Languages - RPG
Created by Guest
Created on Aug 1, 2024

RELATED IDEAS

%repeat as a BIF in RPGLE

Now we have the nice string function like %upper,() %lef(), %right() .. etc. and this is just great !! let's continue this toolbox for string functions:

Just like the SQL scalar function REPEAT it would be appreciated to have the equivalent function %repeat() in RPG

result = %repeat(<string>:<number of times>)

https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.5?topic=functions-repeat

Please don't allow symbolic constants like *BLANKS, *ZEROS, *HIVAL etc. to be allowed - it will make confusion !!

N.B. : This came out of a discussion in the MIDRANGE forum where a %space() function was introduced. However the %repeat() will cover that, and be more versatile.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
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    |     Aug 26, 2024
    IBM will use this Idea as input to planning, but no commitment is made or implied. This Idea will be updated in the future if IBM implements it. IBM will use votes and comments from others in the community to help prioritize this Idea.

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Tailor a new BIF %SPACES that would return an arbitrary number of spaces to concatenate to a string

Merged
There are quite a few ways to implement in the language that take a few lines of code. This BIF would simplify the coding and would give an elegant, fast, and flexible way to return an arbitarty number of spaces. Even more, it could be tailored to...
5 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 7 Future consideration

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