[progress Communities] [progress Openedge Abl] Forum Post: Re: What's The Use Of The Assign...

[Marko Myllymäki]

One thing to consider is error handling. Sample code: DEF VAR d AS DATE. DEF VAR i AS INT. ASSIGN i = 1 d = DATE("x") /* assign is interrupted here */ i = 2 /* this is not executed */ NO-ERROR. MESSAGE i. /* = 1 */ ASSIGN i = 1. ASSIGN d = DATE("x") NO-ERROR. ASSIGN i = 2. MESSAGE i. /* = 2 */ The first message displays 1; the first assign is interrupted because of failing date conversion. The second message displays 2 because also the last assignment is executed. In this case the failing conversion is not disturbing other assignments. So this might have an influence on how you write assigns.

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