RPG/400 Coding
Duration
6 hours
Overview
The RPG/400 - Coding course explains the fundamental Report Program Generator (RPG) operation codes that enable programmers to manage field values, perform numeric operations, and manipulate dates for retrieval and viewing.
Audience
Personnel requiring knowledge of RPG/400 coding
Prerequisites
Knowledge of data processing, programming concepts, and the IBM i operating system.
Objectives
- After completing this course, the student will be able to:
- Recognize the essentials of arithmetic operations and the parts of the C specification by using the ADD operation
- Define the functioning of the MOVE and the MOVEL operations
- Identify how to code arithmetic operations SUB, MULT, DIV, MVR, and Z-ADD
- Recognize RPG/400 figurative constants and the correct usage of date and time functions
Course Content
Calculation Specifications
Calculation Specification Operations
File Processing
Calculations
Data Manipulation
Field and Indicator Settings
Calculation Specification Opcodes
C SPEC Coding Example
Operation Codes - ADD as an Introduction
ADD Operation Code
Internal Working Area
How to Calculate the Size of the Result Field
Operation Codes - Rounding and Resulting Indicators
Purpose and Effect of Rounding
When to Use Rounding
Resulting Indicators
Operation Codes - MOVE and MOVEL
MOVE Operation Code
MOVEL Operation Code
Operation Codes – Arithmetic, Constants, Date and Time
Opcodes
SUBTRACT
MULTIPLY
DIVIDE
Z-ADD
Figurative Constants
Date and Time Functions