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Duration
2 – 3 hours
Overview
Audience
Personnel requiring knowledge of RPG programming.
Prerequisites
Knowledge of data processing, programming concepts, and the AS/400 Operating System.
Objectives
After completing this course, the student should be able to:
- Outline the concepts of RPG Programming, including the structure of RPG, the RPG cycle, and
- the flow of control through an RPG program.
- Outline and be familiar with the use of specification sheets.
- Recognize and use RPG data types, opcodes, and indicators.
- Identify variables and constants.
- Detail and understand the functioning of arrays, elements, and data structures.
- Recognize and detail RPG/400 naming standards.
- Outline functioning indicators and identify major groups of indicators.
- Use and/or avoid certain indicators.
Course Content
Unit 1 RPG/400 INTRODUCTION PRETEST
Unit 2 INTRODUCTION TO RPG/400 PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
- Introduction to RPG
- History and Development of RPG
Unit 3 OVERVIEW OF THE RPG/400 LANGUAGE
- RPG Overview
- Specification Sheets
- Structure of RPG
Unit 4 DATA TYPES
- RPG Data Types
- Alphanumeric Fields
- Numeric Fields
- Constants
Unit 5 ARRAYS and DATA STRUCTURES
Unit 6 NAMING STANDARDS and INDICATORS
- Naming Standards
- Indicators
Unit 7 ADVANCED INDICATORS
- Introduction to Indicators
Changing Indicators
- Special Purpose Indicators
- Indicator Usage
- Indicator Usage Map
Unit 8 RPG/400 INTRODUCTION MASTERY TEST
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