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M Programming: A Comprehensive Guide is a complete update to ABCs of MUMPS. While ABCs of MUMPS was an introduction for novice and intermediate M programmers, M Programming: A Comprehensive Guide has a new section containing advanced material. This new section addresses features such as transaction processing, networking, structured system variables, and interfaces to other standards. Five new chapters have been added, covering an overview of M for readers familiar with other languages; M and the Windows environment; interaction between M and the underlying system; transaction processing; interfacing M with other standards; and error handling. Sections on interactive programming and futures have been extensively updated. M Programming: A Comprehensive Guide is an invaluable resource for everyone who is learning or using M.

Foreword

(2)

Preface

xvii

Part I: M for the Novice Programmer

(234)

1 A Brief Introduction to Computers

(16)

Basic components of computers

(1)

Computer hardware

(2)

Software

(4)

Operating systems: communicating with computers

(1)

Programming in high-level languages

(2)

The grammar of programming languages

(1)

The many faces of computers: an overview of user-computer interaction

(1)

Summary

(3)

2 Introduction to M

(10)

What is M?

(1)

A brief history of M

(4)

How to use this text

(1)

For the experienced programmer who wants to learn about MUMPS

(1)

Where to go for further information

(1)

Summary

(1)

References

(2)

3 Basic Components of M

(14)

Character set

(2)

Numbers

(2)

String literals

(1)

Variables

(1)

Functions

(1)

Special variables

(1)

Summary

(1)

Interactive programming in M

(2)

Using the WRITE command

(1)

Exercises

(4)

4 Operations on Numeric Values

(10)

Binary operators

(2)

Arithmetic expressions and operator precedence

(2)

Unary operators

(1)

Numeric interpretation

(2)

Arithmetic function $RANDOM

(1)

Special variable $HOROLOG

(1)

Summary

(1)

Exercises

(3)

5 Logical Operators, Comparisons

(8)

Arithmetic relational and string relational operators

(3)

Logical operators

(1)

Truth value interpretation

(1)

Summary

(1)

Exercises

(3)

6 Operations on Strings

(12)

String operators

(1)

String functions

(8)

Summary

(1)

Exercises

(2)

7 Introduction to M Commands

(16)

What is a command?

(2)

SET command

(3)

KILL command

(1)

WRITE command (with format controls)

(2)

$JUSTIFY function

(1)

$FNUMBER function

(2)

$X and $Y special variables used with WRITE and SET commands

(1)

READ command

(1)

Abbreviated forms of commands

(1)

Summary

(1)

Exercises

(3)

8 Command Lines and Conditional Tests

(12)

Format of a command line

(3)

Conditional execution of commands: introduction

(3)

IF command and $TEST special variable

(2)

Summary

(1)

Exercises

(3)

9 Routine Structure and Execution Flow Control

101

(18)

What is a routine?

101

(1)

Execution flow control

102

(1)

DO and QUIT commands

103

(1)

GOTO command

104

(3)

Postconditionals on arguments

107

(1)

FOR command

108

(2)

Block structuring

110

(2)

HALT and HANG commands

112

(1)

Summary

113

(2)

Learning to use the programming mode

115

(1)

Functions required for programming in M

115

(1)

Exercises

116

(3)

10 Program Structure

119

(10)

DO/QUIT and GOTO commands used with routines

119

(6)

Summary

125

(1)

Exercise

126

(3)

11 Local Arrays

129

(16)

What is an array?

129

(1)

Multiple subscripts and sparse arrays

130

(2)

Noninteger subscripts in M

132

(2)

Data retrieval in sparse arrays: $ORDER function

134

(4)

Searching by depth and value existence: $DATA function

138

(2)

Sorting in M: the collating sequence for subscripts

140

(2)

KILL as used with arrays

142

(1)

Summary

142

(1)

Exercises

143

(2)

12 Global Variables

145

(12)

What is a global variable?

146

(2)

Additional commands and functions for dealing with global variables

148

(1)

Copying globals: the MERGE command

148

(1)

Extended search functions: $GET and $QUERY

149

(3)

Naked references to global variables

152

(2)

Summary

154

(1)

Exercises

154

(3)

13 External Communication: Files and Devices

157

(8)

Devices in M

158

(1)

OPEN command

159

(2)

USE command and $IO special variable

161

(1)

CLOSE command

162

(1)

Summary

163

(1)

Exercises

164

(1)

14 Some Special Features of Standard M

165

(14)

Extensions of READ and WRITE

165

(3)

Pattern match operator

168

(3)

$HOROLOG special variable

171

(3)

$TEXT function

174

(2)

Summary

176

(1)

Exercises

177

(2)

15 Indirection: Dynamic Reference Modification for Execution Control and Data Management

179

(10)

Overriding the distinction between code and data: the XECUTE command

179

(2)

Indirection operator

181

(5)

Summary

186

(1)

Exercises

187

(2)

16 Access Control of Local Variables

189

(12)

Scoped variables

190

(1)

NEW command

190

(3)

DO command with parameter passing

193

(4)

Extrinsic functions

197

(2)

Summary

199

(1)

Exercises

199

(2)

17 Implementation-specific Components of M

201

(12)

Commands with implementation-specific components

202

(1)

Commands with implementation-specific interpretations: BREAK and VIEW

203

(4)

Extending the M standard: Z-commands

207

(1)

Special variables and functions with implementation-specific meaning: $JOB, $STORAGE, and $VIEW

208

(2)

Further extensions of M: variables and functions

210

(1)

Summary

210

(1)

Exercises

211

(2)

18 An Applications Example: a Course-grading Package

213

(22)

Overview and design

214

(2)

Naming conventions

216

(2)

Menu driver

218

(2)

Listing available courses

220

(1)

Definition of course content and students

221

(1)

Entering grades for assignments

222

(1)

Editing: grades and student names

223

(3)

Reporting grades

226

(2)

A sample run of the course-grading package

228

(5)

Summary

233

(2)

Part II: M for the Experienced Programmer

235

(136)

19 Overview of M for Experienced Programmers

237

(12)

Basic features of M

237

(1)

Features of M common to most programming languages

238

(2)

Features present in a few, but not many, other high-level languages

240

(3)

Features rarely found in other programming languages

243

(5)

Summary

248

(1)

20 Distributed Systems: Multitasking, and Multiuser M (Networks, Locks, Transaction Processing, and More)

249

(16)

Introduction

249

(1)

Distributed systems

249

(1)

Distributed, heterogeneous M systems: the Open M Interconnect

250

(3)

Multitasking: the JOB command and $JOB special variable in M

253

(1)

Data integrity in M

254

(1)

LOCK mechanisms in M

255

(3)

Incremental form of LOCK command

258

(1)

Transaction processing

259

(5)

Summary

264

(1)

References

264

(1)

21 Interacting with the Operating System (Structured System Variables, Internationalization, and More)

265

(18)

Overview

265

(1)

A brief historical recapitulation

265

(1)

Some basic system interactions

266

(2)

Moving toward distributed system management

268

(1)

Date and time revisited

269

(1)

Structured system variables

269

(4)

Default environments

273

(1)

Internationalization

274

(2)

Structured system variables and internationalization

276

(4)

What's missing in M's internationalization?

280

(1)

Summary

281

(1)

References

281

(2)

22 Interfacing M to Other Standards

283

(16)

Introduction

283

(1)

M's use of the ASCII character set

284

(1)

Interfacing M to other character sets

285

(1)

Device control mnemonics: M's interface to ANSI Standard X3.64

285

(3)

Binding M to the Graphical Kernel System (GKS)

288

(2)

M binding to the X Window System: the use of external references

290

(2)

Embedded SQL: another approach to binding M with other standards

292

(4)

Linking M to de facto standards

296

(1)

Summary

296

(3)

23 M and Windows Environments

299

(48)

Background

299

(2)

Windows and more windows

301

(1)

Typical windows-based applications in M

301

(2)

An overview of windows programming

303

(1)

General screen layout

304

(2)

Screen details

306

(1)

^$WINDOW attributes

307

(1)

MWAPI gadgets

308

(4)

Programming in MWAPI

312

(1)

A Windows example: a Windows calculator (the MWAPI approach)

313

(1)

Another Windows example: a calculator (M-Visual BASIC approach)

314

(1)

Summary

315

(1)

References

315

(2)

Appendix A: MWAPI Code for Calculator Example

317

(9)

Appendix B: RPG Calculator Using M and Visual BASIC

326

(21)

24 Error Handling in M

347

(16)

Overview

347

(1)

Syntactical errors

348

(2)

Simple run-time error handling in M: $ECODE and $ETRAP

350

(2)

Error handling in a complex execution flow control environment

352

(6)

Error handling with extrinsic functions

358

(1)

Summary

358

(1)

References

359

(1)

Appendix: Standard Error Codes in M (1995 Standard)

360

(3)

25 Looking into the Future

363

(8)

Overview

363

(2)

New language elements already approved for the next standard

365

(3)

Object-oriented M

368

(1)

Internationalization

369

(1)

Interface to other standards

369

(1)

Large objects

369

(1)

Summary

369

(2)

Answers to Selected Exercises

371

(26)

Index

397

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