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File Number S360-28 BOS Form C24--3387-3 Systems Reference Library IBM System/360 Basic Operating System Report Program Generator Specifications This reference publication contains fundamentals of RPG programndng and language specifications for the IBM System/360 Basic Operating System Report Program Generator. For information on the Basic Operating System that is beyond the purpose of this language pUblication, see IBM System/360 Basic Operating System Programmer's Guide, Form C24-3372. For the titles and abstracts of associated publications, see the IBM Systern/360 Bibliography, Form A22-6822. PREFACE The System/360 Basic operating system 6. Branch within the calculations, and Report Program Generator (RPG) is a problem-oriented langUage designed to pro- vide users with an efficient, easy-to-use 7. sequence-check input records. technique for generating programs that can: 1. Obtain data records from single- or RPG uses a set of specifications sheets multiple-input files, on which the user makes entries. The forms are simple, and the headings on the sheets 2. Perform calculations on data taken from are largely self-explanatory. input records or RPG literals, Although many reports use only one input 3. write printed reports, file, RPG can combine data from multiple input files to create a report. The output 4. Use Table Lookup, may be a single report, or it may be sever- al reports created simultaneously on dif- 5. Exit to a user's subroutine written in ferent devices. a language other than RPG, SIMPLIFIED TERMINOLOGY The titles of some IBM programming systems have been simplified as shown here: former: IBM System/360 Basic Operating System ... (8K Disk) new: IBM System/360 Basic Operating System former: IBM System/360 Basic Operating System ... (.16K Tape) new: IBM System/360 Tape Operating System former: IBM System/360 Basic Operating System ... (16K Disk) new: IBM System/360 Disk Operating System Major Revision, May 1966 This edition, C24-3387-3, is a major reV1Slon of and obsoletes Form C24-3387-2, and Technical Newsletters N24-5023 and N24-5037. Changes are designated in three ways: 1. A vertical line appears at the left of affected text where only a part of the page has been changed. 2. A dot (e) appears at the left of the page number where the complete page should be reviewed. 3. A