RE:API for Scanning ?

In order to remember what all the parameters are, we wrapped a command
around a cheap CL that only does a CALL to QCLSCAN.  Now we use the prompt
text instead of trying to remember if TARGET comes first, or TARGET_LEN.

--Paul E Musselman
PaulMmn@ix.netcom.com



>>I seem to remember an "API" for scanning for a string...

>>Chuck

>QCLSCAN
>
>Like this.
>
>       CALL    'QCLSCAN'
>       PARM                    TARGET
>       PARM                    TARGET_LEN
>       PARM                    STARTING_POS
>       PARM                    PATTERN
>       PARM                    PATTERN_LEN
>       PARM                    TRANS_LOW_UP
>       PARM                    TRIM
>       PARM                    WILD_CARD
>       PARM                    POS_FND
>
>TARGET =       numeric         What you're looking into.
>TARGET_LEN     3,0             Length of the TARGET variable is(not it's
>contents)
>STARTING_POS   3,0             Offset of where in TARGET to start search
>PATTERN                numeric         Pattern you're looking for.
>PATTERN_LEN    3,0             Length of Pattern Field(not it's contents)
>TRANS_LOW_UP   1               Translate Lower case to Upper( 1 = Yes, 0 = No)
>TRIM           1               Trims something or other. (1=Yes,0=No)
>WILD_CARD      1               Wild card character
>POS_FND        3,0             Position the string was found in target,
>zero if not found.
>
>The TARGET and PATTERN  Can be any length alpha field.  (like a description
>field from a file).
>
>You can call this program from RPG or CL.
>
>The wild card is nice.
>
>John Carr CDP


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