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Re:DBase: 1979-2026 by layer8 on Monday May 11, 2026 @06:41PM (#48101698)
But x isn’t x + 5. If anything, it should be “x becomes x + 5”.
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Re:DBase: 1979-2026 by UltraSane on Monday May 11, 2026 @07:39PM (#48102262)
Ok. How about

Set x to x + 5

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Re:DBase: 1979-2026 by layer8 on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @03:37PM (#48113320)
That’s pretty much COBOL syntax: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/debug-for-zos/17.0.x?topic=comma...

Except that COBOL doesn’t allow an arithmetic expression there, so you have to write

    COMPUTE X = X + 5.
instead. ;)
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