ahhh yes....and Avante/SB+ in their infinite wisdom...zippo gosubs in paragraphs...lets repeat ourselves unecessairly!
-- Debster -------------- Original message -------------- > I love it when folks use a loop to add up vm's. And not the simple Sum > command. > Seen that a bit in the code I work in. > > Goto's never bother me. I came from a 4GL language called Ezgen, and it only > had > GO'tos. Had no such thing as gosub. The only way to do a gosub type is to > make > it a called program. We did that for routines that are used multiple times, > no > gosubs. I am getting out of the habit and only use go-tos' when I really feel > there is cause. Took a bit though :). > > Thanks, > > Marilyn A. Hilb > Value Part, Inc > Direct: 847-918-6099 > Fax: 847-367-1892 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.valuepart.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter D Olson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 9:12 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [U2] LOOP or GOTO on READNEXT > > the use of goto's or lack of shouldn't be a judge of sloppy coding . > sloppy coding is just sloppy coding. > remember one persons slop is another persons pudding :) > > example 1: > > y=0 > loop > readnext z else y = 1 > if y = 1 then exit > << do stuff >> > repeat > << more stuff >> > > vs > > example 2: > > 10: readnext claim_id else goto 20 > << do stuff >> > goto 10 > 20: << more stuff >> > > vs > > example 3 > > loop readnext claim_id else exit > << do stuff >> > repeat > << more stuff >> > > > > LoopForEver > > This e-mail, including attachments, may include confidential and/or > proprietary information, and may be used only by the person or entity to > which it is addressed. If the reader of this e-mail is not the intended > recipient or his or her authorized agent, the reader is hereby notified > that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is > prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the > sender by replying to this message and delete this e-mail immediately. > ------- > u2-users mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > ------- > u2-users mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
