After completing RPG IV Programming: Advanced Data Definition, the user should be able to:

	Create and use complex data structures
	Identify and handle runtime errors
	Manipulate data fields and characters within data fields

Data Types  

	Data Types and Time
	Pointer Data Types

LIKE and Data Structures  

	LIKE (Field Definitions)
	Multiple-Occurrence Data Structures

More Data Structures  

	File Information Data Structures
	Program Status Data Structures

Field Inspection  

	%SIZE through %ELEM
	TESTN and TEST

Character Field Inspection  

	Scan a string for characters
	Check a string for characters

Field Character Manipulation  

	Trim blanks from a string
	Translate characters within a string

A typical course has the following features:

	Exercises that allow users to practice in the real application
	A file containing the text of the exercises
	Simulations that allow users to practice course skills, even if they don't have access to the real application
	A glossary
	A Skill Assessment

	Experience as an AS/400 end user
	RPG IV Programming: Introduction to RPG (RPGI01)
	RPG IV Programming: Getting Started with RPG (RPGI02)
	RPG IV Programming: Defining Data (RPGI03)
	RPG IV Programming: Arithmetic Operations (RPGI04)
	RPG IV Programming: Flow of Control (RPGI05)
	RPG IV Programming: Externally Described Files (RPGI06)
	RPG IV Programming: File Access and Record Manipulation (RPGI07)
	RPG IV Programming: Interactive Applications (RPGI08)
	RPG IV Programming: Tables and Arrays (RPGI09)
	RPG IV Programming: Modular Programming (RPGI10)

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