RE: %lookup

["Lim Hock-Chai" <Lim.Hock-Chai@xxxxxxxx>]

I kind of like it break up into separate bif.  Programmer tends to get 
Intimidated when a program/bif/procedure contains too many parms (or may be it 
is just me).  It is hard to remember what the primary function of the BIF when 
there are too many options, especially when each option does different thing.  
For example, if IBM combines %TLOOKUP with %LOOKUP, I might get confuse as the 
lookup I just did automatically set the table to the element I wanted or does 
it only return the element number.



-----Original Message-----
From: Simon Coulter [mailto:shc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Lookup should have been:
%LOOKUP( needle : haystack {: option {: start {: limit }}} )
where option is 'EQ', 'LT', 'GE', 'GT', or 'LE' with 'EQ' the default
and the rest as they are.