RE: scanning for a hex value in RPGIV

Shannon,

>From Bookmanager ILE RPG Ref:  "The compare string and base string must both
be of the same type, either both character, both
graphic, or both UCS-2."

Can you post the code for the SCAN?

jt

| -----Original Message-----
| From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com
| [mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Shannon O'Donnell
| Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 5:03 PM
| To: midrange-l@midrange.com
| Subject: Re: scanning for a hex value in RPGIV
| Importance: High
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|
| Yep, it's x'B6'.
|
| Could be that SCAN doesn't work for hex characters. I'll have to look into
| that...
|
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| ----- Original Message -----
| From: "David & Eileen Keck" <bstars@optonline.net>
| To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
| Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 3:51 PM
| Subject: Re: scanning for a hex value in RPGIV
|
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| > DSPPFM the file and verify the hex code is x'B6'. -Dave K.
| >
| > ----- Original Message -----
| > From: "Shannon O'Donnell" <orion@auburnctnet.com>
| > To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
| > Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 4:42 PM
| > Subject: scanning for a hex value in RPGIV
| >
| >
| > This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
| > --
| > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ]
| > >From within an RPGIV program...I am reading a db file which
| contains HTML
| > source code. I want to scan each record, searching for specific
| characters.
| >
| > For example, if I insert the paragraph symbol in the HTML, I
| want to scan
| > the HTML source and see if it contains the paragraph symbol.
| >
| > Here's a sample record. Note the paragraph symbol:
| >
| >  <p class=MsoNormal>This is a para mark ¶ and I m putting it right
| here.</p>
| >
| > In my RPG program I am using the SCAN  (tried the %SCAN BIF
| too) opcode to
| > scan for a hex value of x'b6'...which is the para symbol.
| > However, the SCAN fails to find a match.
| >
| > Anyone have an idea of why the SCAN is failing?
| >
| > Thanks,
| >
| >
| >
| > Shannon O'Donnell
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