Re: Advantages of RPG

[Doug Palme <DPalme@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I guess I phrased that incorrectly :) I was not implying that the exact 
same code would work in both cases.....just the logic would be 
similar.....nonetheless I stand corrected Joe :)




From:
Joe Pluta <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To:
RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:
06/23/2008 12:20 PM
Subject:
Re: Advantages of RPG



Doug Palme wrote:
> Could one also use a function  / procedure such  as:
>
> Select;
>         When MyFunction() = 1;
>                 Exsr Exitprocess;
> EndSL;
>
> which I believe would also work with either VB or C.......then again I 
do 
> not recall ever having tested that......
>
> Again, I am not disagreeing with you.....just making an observation :)
Your syntax above does not work in any Microsoft language.  The closest 
you can get is this VB code:
 

  myvalue = MyFunction()
  Select Case myvalue
     case 1
        Exitprocess()
     case 2 or 3
        Process2Or3()
  End Select


See Tommy's comment as well.  VB's Select Case syntax is very primitive 
compared to RPG's SELECT.  And C# is even worse; it's the original C 
switch statement.

Joe