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Free-Format RPG IV -- Chapter 3


Jim Martin
07.26.2005
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As a registered member of Search400.com, you're entitled to a complimentary copy of Chapter 3 of Free-Format RPG IV written by Jim Martin and published by MC Press. This chapter, "Input/Output Using Free Format," takes a look at the operations, options and built-in functions now available for database I/O, as well as for workstation I/O and printer output.



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What could be more important than upgrading your RPG skills? Traditional fixed-format style RPG IV programmers everywhere are embracing the increased productivity, better readability and easier program maintenance that comes with the free-format style of programming in RPG IV. This book, a "how-to" guide and the first of its kind, will provide you with concise and thorough information on this powerful new way of coding RPG IV.

Though free-format information is available in IBM manuals, it is not separated from eve...


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rything else, thereby requiring hours of tedious research to track down the information you need. With this book, your search is over. Free-Format RPG IV is the "one-stop" resource that will save you time and frustration. In it, you'll find everything you need to know to write RPG IV in the free-format style.

Author Jim Martin not only teaches rules and syntax, but he also explains how this new style of coding has the potential to improve overall programmer productivity -- from initial development through maintenance. He methodically covers the "how to" involved in free-format RPG IV, including many style issues, such as named indicators and built-in functions. He also addresses input and output, program flow, data manipulation, and math operations. There is even a chapter on prototyping and APIs.

>> Read Chapter 3, "Input/Output Using Free Format," now.

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