From: Alan Altmark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Eh? Wouldn't it simply be better to give panels a way to reference the words in the input fields? Or provide a STRIP function?
As with any programming language, there are many ways panel logic could be improved. A strip function would be great, as would a substring function, a computational function, a sort function, the ability to imbed SQL, the ability to play MP3 music <g>, and so on and so forth. The point was not 'what would be the very best way to acheive result x', but 'would it have been easier to acheive result x if panels had looping logic'.
The person who originally posted the question about parsing 'SORT ADDRESS D' was under the constraint that he could only use pure panel logic; i.e. he could not call a panel exit and he could not use imbedded REXX. So, given that panels do not have a strip function and his options were limited, looping logic would have been a very valuable alternative. When someone else posed the question 'would looping be valuable in ISPF panel logic?', I used this real life scenario that was posted on the ISPF listserv just last week to demonstrate that clearly the answer is 'yes'.
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