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PostPosted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 10:41 am
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Hi,

we have a requirement to change all the occurences of arithmetic operation in PL1 like var1+var2 or var1-var2 into ADD(var1,var2) or Substract(var1,var2)

we have around 500+ PL1 programs..... icon_cry.gif and we should ignore the 1's commented .....

any i/p's to do this in rexx....
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 11:02 am
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the requirement is just laughable
go ahead... where is the issue ?

just curious ...
what about constructs like ... a + b*c ???
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 11:14 am
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Yes...I wanted to first find the number of occurances.......and then start with the conversion.....wanted to know if any one already have a rexx code to find the number of occurances.....or any input's of how to start with this in rexx....(Main set back would be eliminating the +,-,* in the comments as PLI is a freeflow lang.)
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 11:16 am
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Yes, what...
result = ADD(a,MULTIPLY(b,c))
also ?

it can be easily done in REXX if You have the skills and the requirement is fully defined
You will simply have to write a small syntactical parser analyzer!

but... explain why?
an intelligent reply please, not the usual ... that' s the requirement icon_evil.gif
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 2:58 pm
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babuprashad wrote:
Hi,

we have a requirement to change all the occurences of arithmetic operation in PL1 like var1+var2 or var1-var2 into ADD(var1,var2) or Substract(var1,var2)

we have around 500+ PL1 programs..... icon_cry.gif and we should ignore the 1's commented .....

any i/p's to do this in rexx....


REXX has excellent parsing qualities, but...

ADD, SUBTRACT, MULTIPLY and DIVIDE all require two (or one for float) additional parameters, giving the precision and scale of the result, and finding these will require you to parse the full source and any possible %INCLUDE members for variable names.

Needlessly to say, the fact that PL/I allows unqualified variables for variables declared in structures and partially qualified names, will make this problem just a tiny bit harder.

However, as Enrico already asked, why would you do this?
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 3:06 pm
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The construct var1+var2 is very difficult to read for a lot of people.
ADD(var1,var2) or Substract(var1,var2) makes it a lot easier to understand what is happening.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 7:17 pm
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This has to be way up on the list of stupidest standards in the history of the universe.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 7:24 pm
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I took a coffee break and here is a snippet that given a correct ( well formed ) expression will produce the asked for format
( that is just a polish notation equivalent)
at the next coffee break I' ll add parentheses and functions support

from a formal ( formal only )parsing point of view an array is parsed like a function call !

here is the snippet ( quick and dirty )
Code:

#! /opt/oorexx/bin/rexx

opers = " + - * / ^ "
isvar = 0
isopr = 1

vars.0 = 0
symb.0 = 0
prio.0 = 0

pri1.1 = 3
pri1.2 = 3
pri1.3 = 5
pri1.4 = 5
pri1.5 = 7

expr0 = "134 ** c + d / e + 77 + somevar"
expr = space(expr0,0)

prio = 0
do  while expr \= ""

    parse value getsym(expr) with type tokn pri1 pri2

    select
        when type = isvar then do
            ivar = vars.0 + 1
            vars.ivar = tokn
            vars.0 = ivar
            next = 1
            iterate
        end
        when type = isopr then do
            do while ( pri1 <= prio & symb.0 > 0 )
                iop2 = vars.0
                iop1 = iop2 - 1
                select
                    when symb.isym = "+" then func = "ADD"
                    when symb.isym = "-" then func = "SUBTRACT"
                    when symb.isym = "*" then func = "MULTIPLY"
                    when symb.isym = "/" then func = "DIVIDE"
                    when symb.isym = "^" then func = "EXPONENT"
                end
                /* */
                work = func"("vars.iop1","vars.iop2")"
                vars.0 = iop1
                vars.iop1 = work

                isym = isym - 1
                symb.0 = isym
                indx = wordpos(symb.isym,opers)
                prio = pri1.indx
            end
            isym = symb.0 + 1
            symb.isym = tokn
            prio.isym = pri1
            symb.0 = isym
            prio = pri1
            next = 1
        end
    end
end

do while ( symb.0 > 0 )
    isym = symb.0

    iop2 = vars.0
    iop1 = iop2 - 1
    select
        when symb.isym = "+" then func = "ADD"
        when symb.isym = "-" then func = "SUBTRACT"
        when symb.isym = "*" then func = "MULTIPLY"
        when symb.isym = "/" then func = "DIVIDE"
        when symb.isym = "^" then func = "EXPONENT"
    end
    /* */
    work = func"("vars.iop1","vars.iop2")"
    vars.0 = iop1
    vars.iop1 = work

    isym = isym - 1
    symb.0 = isym
end

do  i = 1 to vars.0
    say i vars.i
end

say expr0
exit

getsym:
    if  left(expr,2) = "**" then do
        expr ="^" || substr(expr,3)
    end
    _oper = left(expr,1)
    _indx = wordpos(_oper,opers)
    if  _indx > 0 then do
        expr = substr(expr,2)
        _pri1 = pri1._indx
        _pri2 = pri2._indx
        return isopr _oper _pri1 _pri2
    end
    _next = verify(expr,"+-*/^","M")
    if  _next = 0 then do
        _tokn = strip(expr)
        expr  = ""
    end
    else do
        _tokn = left(expr,_next-1)
        expr = substr(expr,_next)
    end
    return isvar _tokn 0 0
return ""


the result is

Code:
original expression 
134 ** c + d / e + 77 + somevar
mangled one
ADD(ADD(ADD(EXPONENT(134,c),DIVIDE(d,e)),77),somevar)


we might discuss addition and multiplication associativity left/right ...

really nothing much sophysticated
the parsing has been done applying the simple rules of operator precedence
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 7:26 pm
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PeterHolland wrote:
The construct var1+var2 is very difficult to read for a lot of people.
ADD(var1,var2) or Substract(var1,var2) makes it a lot easier to understand what is happening.
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Maybe what you need are some smarter people. icon_lol.gif
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 7:42 pm
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Somehow we lose the beauty of
Quote:
E = mc squared

as
Code:
E = mult(m,square(c))


(How do we do superscripts here?)
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 7:48 pm
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Quote:

( that is just a polish notation equivalent)


Enrico, why are you making life so miserable. Ages ago i had a calculator using polish notation. Sometimes i still have very very bad dreams about that.

By the way did your coffee break start at Wed Feb 16, 2011 6:46 am?
Isnt that a bit overdone?
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 7:54 pm
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Quote:
Enrico, why are you making life so miserable.

it wasn' t me... it wasn' t me
apart that real polish notation ( straight/reverse I keep forgetting which is which ) is less ugly

original
134 ** c + d / e + 77 + somevar
mangled one
ADD(ADD(ADD(EXPONENT(134,c),DIVIDE(d,e)),77),somevar)
polish
+++^134,c/d,e,77,somevar

for functions and arrays I will need two coffe breaks
the notation does not fall into the normal operator priority concept...
but I might tweak it considering the comma an operator as is done for the open and close parentheses
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 8:24 pm
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Quote:
By the way did your coffee break start at Wed Feb 16, 2011 6:46 am?

Noo!...

While waiting for the coffee to brew, since I had the pc powered on I replied...

after that I went for a 3 hrs walk into a snow blizzard with the snow shoes ..

I got back for lunch , the code was done during the after lunch coffee break icon_biggrin.gif
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 9:03 pm
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enrico-sorichetti wrote:
I took a coffee break and here is a snippet that given a correct ( well formed ) expression will produce the asked for format
( that is just a polish notation equivalent)
at the next coffee break I' ll add parentheses and functions support

from a formal ( formal only )parsing point of view an array is parsed like a function call !

here is the snippet ( quick and dirty )

Code:
snip

the result is

Code:
original expression 
134 ** c + d / e + 77 + somevar
mangled one
ADD(ADD(ADD(EXPONENT(134,c),DIVIDE(d,e)),77),somevar)


we might discuss addition and multiplication associativity left/right ...

really nothing much sophysticated
the parsing has been done applying the simple rules of operator precedence


Except that the format for the builtins is
Code:
OPER-builtin(var1, var2, precision[,scale])


Only two variables!

Precision must be included, scale can be omitted (defaulting to zero) for fixed, and must be omitted for float.

Your code is nice, but needs a lot of additional work to return PL/I syntax. Furthermore, PL/I does not have an EXPONENT builtin that does what you think it does, and the exponentiation operator is '**'...
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 12:35 am
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never meant as a final solution... after all it took me just half an hour to do it icon_cool.gif
just a proof of concept that it could be done!
( transforming binary operators in calls to functions )
the snippet is not adequate for a real job, I do not even know if it could be classified as a toy!

the parsing should be done properly according to a real representation of PLI grammar not a simple precedence one
all the PL1 source should be scanned
and... and... and

I am not that dumb not to know that the exponentiation operator is ** icon_biggrin.gif
anyway it is recognized and handled correctly...
the ^ is just a place holder for the correct ** as can be seen in the getsym procedure

I know that the exponent builtin does not exist,
I just mapped some binary ( as opposed to unary ) operators to some arbitary function names
I added the ** to have three different operators priorities instead of just two

cheers
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@ enrico-sorichetti : Thanks for the code......the actual requirement came to us from a project dept saying they wanted to change the arithmetic operators to verbs and to start with they wanted to analyse the code base and generate a report of programs containing these arithmetic statements(they were checking with us if we had any rexx to do this)...and based on this report they would be getting a go ahead to change the operators....

I am not sure of the purpose behind the requirement(I assume it should be for precision of the o/p and to improve performance icon_confused.gif ).
Or maybe like PeterHolland said for understanding purpose.

And regarding constructs like ... a + b*c ??? have not checked with the project team. icon_sad.gif

Parsing a cobol is much easier coz of it's fixed column for comment....icon_smile.gif
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that departement approach is ... approximate ( even if a stronger adjective seems appropriate )
the correct approach should disregard the coding in the first instance...

RE-analyze the process, ( they should know what computations are being carried on )
determine it' s computational needs ( precision,, ... )
read carefully the manuals to see the characteristics of the basic math as implemented
read carefully the specs for the builtin functions to see if they satisfy the need
start planning the conversion
meditate also on the alternative of using a specialized high precision library

done as You say they want it done is just a waste of resources ( time, which means money)

anyway the code posted is a proof of concepts only done with a simple and almost useless algorithm
( instead of solving sudoko puzzles I write code snippets for various algorithm )

the approach for the real thing would/should be something very different

why the remark about the comments ?
since You will have to parse the whole program,skipping over comments is the simpler part
( scan for "/*" and start ignoring what follows until the next "*/"
keeping track of the stacking/nesting level )

added some more comments
what kind of computations are they carrying on that they are worried about losing precision on additions and subtractions
( and not on multiplication and division )

looks like there is something fishy going on icon_biggrin.gif
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Have you planned your QA processes?

For each program, I presume you have planned suitable unit testing on legitimate representative data.
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Hi Phil,

If it "clean compiles", is this not enough . . . icon_smile.gif

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Dick, you're bringing back bad memories .... BAD memories!

I once worked with programmers from another country. One of them told me, in all seriousness, that if her program compiled without errors then it was tested and ready for production.
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Robert Sample wrote:
Dick, you're bringing back bad memories .... BAD memories!

I once worked with programmers from another country. One of them told me, in all seriousness, that if her program compiled without errors then it was tested and ready for production.


Here in Belgium I worked at a site where they had no problems putting programs with 'E' errors in production, "because this error has been in the program for eons"...
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prino wrote:
Robert Sample wrote:
Dick, you're bringing back bad memories .... BAD memories!

I once worked with programmers from another country. One of them told me, in all seriousness, that if her program compiled without errors then it was tested and ready for production.


Here in Belgium I worked at a site where they had no problems putting programs with 'E' errors in production, "because this error has been in the program for eons"...

And if you correct the error without being specifically told to, that's an unauthorized change to the business rules, and we simply can't have that... icon_rolleyes.gif
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I once turned a system over to someone who then proceeded to try to remove every instance of COBOL warnings (RC=4). I think he was OK with the info messages at least.

At another site (a brokerage) I had to repeatedly push to report an obvious COBOL error to the vendor because, since I could not substantiate the ramifications of the error, they would be unlikely to kindly receive the report. From the very nicely indented IF...THEN...ELSE, there was a stray period before the end of ELSE indenting. The compiler very kindly reported this because of the condition checking, the compiler detected dead code. They eventually relented, and the vendor confirmed the error.
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