RE: [U2] RE: Cleaner Case Statement

2007-08-04 Thread Brian Leach
Guys/Gals 1. Please trim. 2. Please note that this has moved to U2-Community. Brian --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/

RE: [U2] RE: Cleaner Case Statement

2007-08-03 Thread Symeon Breen
Sent: 03 August 2007 01:32 To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: [U2] RE: Cleaner Case Statement Then you must have the luzury of programming from scratch. I support roughly 15 clients worth of software written in various platforms with some source code stretching as far back as 1974. Yes

Re: [U2] RE: Cleaner Case Statement

2007-08-03 Thread SP
, August 03, 2007 7:44 AM Subject: RE: [U2] RE: Cleaner Case Statement Come on guys 'IF X ELSE blah' - is it really that bad/hard - it is logic and we are computer programmers, we should be able to figure out a lot tougher stuff than that ;) Rgds Symeon. -Original Message- From

RE: [U2] RE: Cleaner Case Statement

2007-08-03 Thread Anthony Youngman
-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: [U2] RE: Cleaner Case Statement The code should be easy to understand. Yes. we can figure out a lot of stuff but if making the next guy to stumble over each line having to figure it out is not very professional. - Original Message - From: Symeon

Re: [U2] RE: Cleaner Case Statement

2007-08-03 Thread Symeon Breen
: [U2] RE: Cleaner Case Statement Come on guys 'IF X ELSE blah' - is it really that bad/hard - it is logic and we are computer programmers, we should be able to figure out a lot tougher stuff than that ;) Rgds Symeon. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [U2] RE: Cleaner Case Statement

2007-08-03 Thread Geoffrey Mitchell
is not very professional. - Original Message - From: Symeon Breen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 7:44 AM Subject: RE: [U2] RE: Cleaner Case Statement Come on guys 'IF X ELSE blah' - is it really that bad/hard - it is logic and we are computer

Re: [U2] RE: Cleaner Case Statement

2007-08-03 Thread MAJ Programming
-users@listserver.u2ug.org Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 4:42 PM Subject: Re: [U2] RE: Cleaner Case Statement Alright, it really gets my goat when people start tossing around you're not professional nonsense. Early in my (10 year) programming career, I was fond of clever constructs like if x else

Re: [U2] RE: Cleaner Case Statement

2007-08-02 Thread MAJ Programming
Where is said 'structured programming school' and is attendance required. Never heard of it. Thanks Mark Johnson - Original Message - From: Allen E. Elwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 8:35 PM Subject: RE: [U2] RE: Cleaner Case Statement

Re: [U2] RE: Cleaner Case Statement

2007-08-02 Thread MAJ Programming
- Original Message - From: Jeff Flynt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 10:14 PM Subject: RE: [U2] RE: Cleaner Case Statement I typically use the full form of each structured statement and lay it out in the indented format. This is just coding

Re: [U2] RE: Cleaner Case Statement

2007-08-02 Thread MAJ Programming
PROTECTED] To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 5:19 PM Subject: RE: [U2] RE: Cleaner Case Statement I see what you mean the indenting is off! No wonder it is hard for you to follow!! (and no doubt you would have simply used a COPY statement rather than writing

RE: [U2] RE: Cleaner Case Statement

2007-07-31 Thread Symeon Breen
Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Allen E. Elwood Sent: 31 July 2007 01:35 To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] RE: Cleaner Case Statement Don't judge him/her to fast or hard - notice that this is THE ONLY WAY to write this according

RE: [U2] RE: Cleaner Case Statement

2007-07-31 Thread Jeff Flynt
To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: [U2] RE: Cleaner Case Statement I think that CASE 1;Null is an old technique. If the prior conditions don't prevail, then don't bother. Otherwise every IF statement with a THEN would have ELSE NULL. BTW, using IF X = 1 ELSE GOSUB 100 is also very hard

Re: [U2] RE: Cleaner Case Statement

2007-07-30 Thread Mats Carlid
MAJ Programming skrev: ... I've inherited code from an idiot programmer that looks like this: OPEN FILE1 TO F1 THEN OPEN FILE2 TO F2 THEN OPEN FILE3 TO F3 THEN LOOP WHILE READNEXT ID DO READ REC FROM F1, ID THEN WRITE REC ON F2, ID

RE: [U2] RE: Cleaner Case Statement

2007-07-30 Thread Ross Ferris
] [mailto:owner-u2- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mats Carlid Sent: Monday, 30 July 2007 7:47 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: [U2] RE: Cleaner Case Statement MAJ Programming skrev: ... I've inherited code from an idiot programmer that looks like this: OPEN FILE1 TO F1 THEN OPEN FILE2

RE: [U2] RE: Cleaner Case Statement

2007-07-30 Thread Allen E. Elwood
: RE: [U2] RE: Cleaner Case Statement I see what you mean the indenting is off! No wonder it is hard for you to follow!! (and no doubt you would have simply used a COPY statement rather than writing a program?) Ross Ferris Stamina Software Visage Better by Design! -Original Message

Re: [U2] RE: Cleaner Case Statement

2007-07-28 Thread Scott Ballinger
On 7/27/07, MAJ Programming [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] BTW, using IF X = 1 ELSE GOSUB 100 is also very hard to read. Sure it compiles but source code should be readable for the programmers who have to visually interpet these things. EVERY IF should have an THEN as it's predominately a

Re: [U2] RE: Cleaner Case Statement

2007-07-28 Thread MAJ Programming
] To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 2:10 AM Subject: Re: [U2] RE: Cleaner Case Statement On 7/27/07, MAJ Programming [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] BTW, using IF X = 1 ELSE GOSUB 100 is also very hard to read. Sure it compiles but source code should be readable

Re: [U2] RE: Cleaner Case Statement

2007-07-28 Thread MAJ Programming
PROTECTED] To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 2:10 AM Subject: Re: [U2] RE: Cleaner Case Statement On 7/27/07, MAJ Programming [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] BTW, using IF X = 1 ELSE GOSUB 100 is also very hard to read. Sure it compiles but source code should

Re: [U2] RE: Cleaner Case Statement

2007-07-27 Thread MAJ Programming
25, 2007 12:48 PM Subject: [U2] RE: Cleaner Case Statement Bill Brutzman asked: How can this structure be cleaned-up? snip begin case case Ans = 'A' ; gosub Check.A case Ans = 'B' case Ans = '2' ; gosub Check.B end case so that the gosub Check.B