Natural V4

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Natural V4 V6
Presented by Steve Robinson S.L. Robinson
Associates, Inc. steve_at_slr-assoc.com Presented
at Delaware Valley Region Users Group Penn State
Great Valley July 12, 2006
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Version 4 Only

• Selection Boxes
• INPUT statement
• Maps
• Duplicates Considerations
• Alpha only

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PC Version 6 Only

• User Defined Functions
• New Object Type Function
• Prototype Definition

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PC Version 6 Only

• Natural Functions
• TRANSLATE
• TRIM
• MAXVAL / MINVAL

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PC Version 6 Only

• eXtensible Arrays
• Useful after parsing html
• Different groupings of datae.g. 60 months of
  data looked atyearly, quarterly, monthly

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PC Version 6 Mainframe V4

• EXAMINE
• Starting Position
• Direction
• Alternatives (expensive)

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PC Version 6 Mainframe V4

• SYSOBJH replaces SYSTRANS
• DYNAMIC Variables
• LENGTH
• EXPAND, REDUCE, RESIZE
• Performance
• MULTIFETCH Program control

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PC Version 6 Mainframe V4

• 1 Gig Alpha Binary Variables
• Performance implications
• Importance of PRINT

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PC Version 6 Mainframe V4

• DEFINE WORK FILE... TYPE
  UNFORMATTED
• ESCAPE MODULE
• ESCAPE TOP REPOSITION

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PC Version 6 Mainframe V4

• READ HISTOGRAM
• Dynamic direction change
• MULTIFETCH
• ENDING AT versus TO

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PC Version 6 Mainframe V4

• CALLNAT PERFORM
• Optional Parameters
• DYNAMIC Variables

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Miscellany

• COMPOPT (MASKCME)
• Stack USR4003
• See Release Notes