Re: SCAN in RPG

... and the lights came on... - thanks.
I was using a fixed length screen entry field to let users
select records to see (and my scan to select was not working).
thanks again - jim

> The two code fragments should work exactly the same
> IF variable "lib" is declared as VARYING.
>
> If "lib" is a fixed length string, then the statement
> "lib=%trim(lib)" would only have the effect of removing
> left-most blanks.  The %TRIM function removes blanks
> from both ends, but the assignment pads the rest of the
> variable with blanks.
>
> The bottom line is this:  It is best to use varying
> length character variables for general character string
> manipulation (such as this).
>
> Cheers!  Hans

----- Original Message -----
From: <boldt@ca.ibm.com>
To: <rpg400-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 7:44 AM
Subject: Re: SCAN in RPG


>
> Jim wrote:
> >Just to add another solution with %scan here.
> >I spent many hours reading/debugging this thread, and 2 diff rpg iv
books,
> >and ibm reference manual (none of the books had a
> >decent example beyond scanning for a constant, like  'XYZ')
> >Had my own scanning problem with data fields, but am
> >using a tool that gens the rpg, and it will only gen %scan!
> >
> >the following line works  (at v4r4)
> >C                   EVAL      Pos=%scan(%trim(lib): string:1)
> >but the following will NOT work
> >C                   EVAL      lib = %trim(lib)
> >C                   EVAL      Pos=%scan(lib: string:1)
>
>
> Hans Boldt, ILE RPG Development, IBM Toronto Lab, boldt@ca.ibm.com
>
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