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So.., why not create a function in COBOL using unstring and pass parameters
to it from RPG.  You have the COBOL compiler with all the rest, right?  Why
does it need to be written in RPG IV?

Just a heretical thought :>)

Dave Boettcher

-----Original Message-----
From: David Gibbs [mailto:david@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 9:16 AM
To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Parse variable length, delimited, data into a data
structure?


Tom Liotta wrote:
>> Anyone know of a technique, or routine, that will take a variable 
>> length, delimited, string of data and parse it into a data
>> structure?
> 
> Well, I know how I'd do it... but this is the RPG list. Saying that
> COBOL's UNSTRING verb does in one statement essentially precisely
> what you ask is OT.  :-)

Funny you should mention that ... this is the EXACT functionality I'm 
trying to replicate. :)

david

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