Re: Why you shouldn't be afraid to use VARCHAR in RPGLE

Do you think it's worth all those lines of codes against one single line?
Is that elegant?
Is that efficient?
Not sure what you wanted to show.  All I'm saying is that, fewer lines of
code, efficient compiler code is better.

JS

El jue, 11 dic 2025 a las 10:25, Stephen Coyle (<[email protected]>)
escribió:

>  **************************************************************************
>  *
>  *  Procedure Name:  FsiUtils_IIF
>  *       Exported?:  Yes
>  *        Function:  Immediate IF Function
>  *         Returns:  Value Supplied for True or False Condition
>  *
>  *         Ex:    NewOnly = FSIUTILS_IIF(@Status = stsNEW :*On :*Off);
>
>  **************************************************************************
>
> P FsiUtils_IIF    B                   EXPORT
>
> D FsiUtils_IIF    Pi           256a   varying
> D  Condition                      n           value
> D  TrueValue                   256a   varying value
> D  FalseValue                  256a   varying value
>
>    If Condition;
>       Return TrueValue;
>    Else;
>       Return FalseValue;
>    Endif;
>
> P FsiUtils_IIF    E
>
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 11, 2025 at 10:59 AM Javier Sanchez <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Paul,
> >
> > "C" has it as a native language for over decades.  Can't see why that
> would
> > be complex for them to follow and make it available for devs.
> > Of course, and WADR, you need to "know what you are doing" with your
> return
> > value.  That is kind of your intellectual work.
> > Efficiency and cleanliness of code is vital for modern languages. Elegant
> > code is, and simplicity is a major goal in our era.
> >
> > JS
> >
> > El jue, 11 dic 2025 a las 9:50, Paul Therrien via RPG400-L (<
> > [email protected]>) escribió:
> >
> > > Not knowing 'C' I asked Google.
> > >
> > > Google AI says this:
> > >
> > > The statement boolVal = (a = b ? 0: 1) in C is a syntactically valid
> but
> > > potentially confusing use of the ternary operator and assignment
> operator
> > > within a single expression [1].
> > >
> > > What it does
> > > Essentially, the line of code is a verbose way of setting boolVal based
> > on
> > > whether b is zero or not, while simultaneously changing the value of a:
> > > If b is 0: a becomes 1, and boolVal becomes 1.
> > > If b is non-zero: a becomes 0, and boolVal becomes 0.
> > >
> > > I think I can see why IBM might not be in a hurry to handle this
> request.
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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