gerry-u2ug wrote:
> globally catalogued as in CATALOG SUB.BP *MYFUNC ?
> so you should be using : SUBR("*MYFUNC","Y")
>
> we do this all the time in universe since at least v7
As others have mentioned, its a difference between UniData and UniVerse. On
UniData you *CAN* use an asterisk before a SUBROUTINE name to identify it as
globally cataloged, but there is no need to and no benefit gained from doing
it.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Here's some interesting info and an ugly hack--in unidata.
> Apparently, the keywords SUBROUTINE and FUNCTION are interchangeable as
> far as BASIC is concerned, so create a subroutine
> SUBROUTINE MYHACK(A,B)
> A=B*2 ;* note that we both assign the result
> to a parameter AND return the result
> RETURN A
> Then you can call it as a function with
> PROGRAM HACKTEST
> DEFFUN MYHACK(A,B)
> CRT MYHACK('',2) ;* <--- there's the hack. You need that
> placeholder parameter
> Or use it as a subroutine:
> PROGRAM HACK2
> CALL MYHACK(A,2)
> CRT A
> Or from a virtual attribute:
> I
> SUBR('MYHACK',EXTRACT(@RECORD,1,0,0))
That's quite interesting Ed. Does it behave the same if you code MYHACK as
'FUNCTION MYHACK(A,B)'?
Cheers,
Ken
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