Programming in RPG IV

"Recently revised and updated, this informative reference gives students and professionals a strong foundation in the essentials of business programming using RPG IV. Complete with numerous programming examples and support material, this account covers a variety of topics, including program development process, RPG IV specifications and operations, top down structured design, database definition and processing, interactive applications, and modular programming. Comprehensive and compatible with IBM i Release 5.4, 6.1, 7.1 and later releases, this manual will equip academics with the necessary tools to create highly effective and maintainable RPG IV programs using the latest techniques"-- Book details screen.  Read more...
Preface --
ch. 1. Introduction to programming and RPG --
ch. 2 Getting started --
ch. 3. Externally described files --
ch. 4 Defining data with definition specifications --
ch. 5. Using arithmetic operations and functions --
ch. 6. Processing character data --
ch. 7. Working with dates --
ch. 8. Controlling program workflow --
ch. 9. Using arrays and tables --
ch. 10. Accessing and updating database files --
ch. 11. Writing interactive applications --
ch. 12. Calling programs and passing parameters --
ch. 13. Building modular programs with procedures --
ch. 14. Handling errors --
ch. 15. Programming with subfiles --
appendix A. RPG IV summary --
appendix B. RPG IV style guide --
appendix C. Program development tools --
appendix D. Program testing and debugging --
appendix E. Maintaining the past --
appendix F. Data files --
Index.