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Free-format RPG IV [how to bring our RPG programs into the 21st century]
Title:
Free-format RPG IV [how to bring our RPG programs into the 21st century]
Author:
Martin, Jim.
ISBN:
9781583470558

9781583475799
Personal Author:
Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Information:
Lewisville [Tex.] : MC Press, c2005.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xiii, 199 p.)
General Note:
Subtitle from cover.

Includes index.
Contents:
Cover; Copyright; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Contents; Chapter 1: Pre-Free-Format RPG IV; Chapter 2: Introducing Free-Format RPG IV; Chapter 3: Input/Output Using Free Format; Chapter 4: Program Flow Using Free Format; Chapter 5: Data-Manipulation Operations Using Free Format.; Chapter 6: Math Operations in Free Format; Chapter 7: Call and Return in Free Format; Chapter 8: Solutions for Problem Situations; Chapter 9: The Case for Free-Format RPG; Chapter 10: Sample Programs; Appendix A: Free-Format Operations; Appendix B: Additional Elements Used by the Sample Programs
Abstract:
Traditional-format style RPG IV programmers who need information on the free-format style of coding will find everything they need in this free format how-to guide. The rules and syntax of free format RPG IV are explained as is how this new style of coding has the potential to improve overall programmer productivity from initial development through maintenance stages. Many style issues, such as named indicators and built in functions are covered, as well as such issues as program flow, data manipulation, math operations, and input and output.
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