The new DATA-INTO opcode is here!

[Barbara Morris]

The latest enhancement for RPG is available for 7.2 and 7.3: The DATA-INTO opcode. It's like XML-INTO, but for any structured language, such as JSON. The big difference between DATA-INTO and XML-INTO is that you have to supply the parser for the structured language.

But the source for a sample JSON parser is available with the PTFs.

Here's the information about PTFs, the sample parser, where to find documentation: http://ibm.biz/data-into-rpg-opcode-ptfs

[corvair61]

Is this a typing error?

data-into myDs
%date('myfile.json' : 'doc=file case=any countprefix=num')
%parser('MYLIB/MYJSONPARS' : 'boolean=ind');

[Barbara Morris]

Is this a typing error?

data-into myDs
%date('myfile.json' : 'doc=file case=any countprefix=num')
%parser('MYLIB/MYJSONPARS' : 'boolean=ind');

Oops! Thanks! It's fixed now.

[Whitecat27]

i always, always gotta love Susan and Jon. Now all I gotta do is get the bosses to allow the PTF.

[Barbara Morris]

Here's a article by Jon Paris about DATA-INTO:

http://ibmsystemsmag.com/ibmi/developer/rpg/rpg-data-into/

[Vectorspace]

Sorry, spotted another typo in the wiki page - the link to the 7.2 version documentation at the bottom actually points to 7.3

[Barbara Morris]

Sorry, spotted another typo in the wiki page - the link to the 7.2 version documentation at the bottom actually points to 7.3

Thanks! It's fixed now.