Whether you're a new programmer or an old hand, this best-selling book will help you write the kind of code that sets you apart from the crowd - powerful RPG code that's easy to use, enhance, and expand. You'll increase your professional value as you apply the principles and ready-to-use solutions that have made the Modern RPG Language with Structured Programming the world's most popular RPG III book.
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I have found this to be a great reference,
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This review is from: Modern Rpg Language: With Structured Programming (4th Edition) (Paperback)
I have used this book since I first started using RPG in 1990. If you need to maintain and enhance older programs, which are still being used, you will find this book to be a great reference source. No all of the information may be easy to find, there is quite a bit of material and rules written about, without an example being given. However it has never let me down in providing a solution.
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An essential reference book for working programmers,
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This review is from: Modern Rpg Language: With Structured Programming (4th Edition) (Paperback)
At my workplace, this book circulates between all programmers throughout the day. It is not a beginner's how-to book, but a reference guide with listings of operations, descriptions and syntax. A great assistance in developing new software.
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Usable as a reference and supporting older RPG programs,
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This review is from: Modern Rpg Language: With Structured Programming (4th Edition) (Paperback)
The book is not a novice learn-from-the-ground-up type of book. It is more geared to an AS/400 programmer who has to support older RPG programs. I found it useful as a reference but a little dated as it doesn't cover RPG ILE (it was published in 1989). It does not tell you how to enter RPG programs in SEU and has no explanation for any kind of development environment you may encounter on the AS/400. I wouldn't recommend this book for the novice AS/400 programmer. There are no exercises or programming projects in the book.
The book is weak on programming examples outside of individual commands. The coding style is limited because of the column restriction older RPG has, so no pretty code here. It does have a section about using SQL with RPG and is strong on how to avoid using the built in logic cycle and try to do structured programming that is more effective.
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RPG is a column-oriented language. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
one resulting indicator, file continuation specification, subfile detail record, data structure subfield, decimal data errors, file operation codes, partial key list, external data area, file continuation keyword, changed subfile record, zoned numeric fields, zoned decimal field, operation extender, program status data structure, full procedural file, first page indicator, hexadecimal literal values, occurrence data structure, file information data structure, conditioning indicators, avoids locking the record, data area name, data area parameter, halt indicators, record identifying indicator Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Result Length Dec Ext Resulting Ind, Resulting Indicator Legend Columns Ind, Column Title Values Description, Routine Description, Champion Parts, Luna Spacecraft, Character Zone Digit, Field Status, Operation Code Summary, Subfield Description, Line Spacing, Street Lemont, Street Oak Brook, Top of Detail, Top of Total-time, Artemis Drive Geneva, Control Specifications, Customer Inquiry Customer, Maui Pinapple Kauai Blvd, Order's Line Item New!
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one resulting indicator, file continuation specification, subfile detail record, data structure subfield, decimal data errors, file operation codes, partial key list, external data area, file continuation keyword, changed subfile record, zoned numeric fields, zoned decimal field, operation extender, program status data structure, full procedural file, first page indicator, hexadecimal literal values, occurrence data structure, file information data structure, conditioning indicators, avoids locking the record, data area name, data area parameter, halt indicators, record identifying indicator Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Result Length Dec Ext Resulting Ind, Resulting Indicator Legend Columns Ind, Column Title Values Description, Routine Description, Champion Parts, Luna Spacecraft, Character Zone Digit, Field Status, Operation Code Summary, Subfield Description, Line Spacing, Street Lemont, Street Oak Brook, Top of Detail, Top of Total-time, Artemis Drive Geneva, Control Specifications, Customer Inquiry Customer, Maui Pinapple Kauai Blvd, Order's Line Item New!
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