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  • Subject: Re: SCAN in RPG
  • From: "Peter Dow" <pcdow@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 1 May 2001 08:21:34 -0700

Hi Jim,

How is lib defined? If it's defined as VARYING, it should work; if not, it
will not work.

hth,
Peter Dow
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Franz" <jfranz@triad.rr.com>
To: <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2001 1:36 PM
Subject: Re: SCAN in RPG


> 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)
>
> jim
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Randy Gevedon" <randy_gevedon@hotmail.com>
> To: <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
> Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 11:51 AM
> Subject: Re: SCAN in RPG
>
>
> >
> > Scott
> >       D Lib             S             10A
> >       D String          S             80A
> >       D Pos             S              5I 0
> >       D Len             S              5I 0
> >
> >       C*** This WILL work:
> >       c                   eval      String = 'ADDLIBLE LIB(QGPL)'
> >       c                   eval      Lib = 'QGPL'
> >       c     Lib:1         scan      String        Pos
> >       c                   dsply                   Pos
> >
> >
> > Randy Gevedon
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