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And at 7.2


Roger Harman

COMMON Certified Application Developer - ILE RPG on IBM i on Power







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From: RPG400-L <rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf of Brian Parkins <goodprophet.bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 15, 2016 3:07 PM
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Subject: Re: Scan to separate path & file

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From: John Yeung
This question arises mainly because RPG doesn't have a
"scan-from-right" BIF or opcode.

Yes it does - at V7.3. See:
http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_ibm_i_73/rzasd/bbscanr.htm
%SCANR (Scan Reverse for Characters) - ibm.com<http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_ibm_i_73/rzasd/bbscanr.htm>
www.ibm.com
%SCANR Examples. The simplest form of %SCANR, with two operands The following example finds the final name in a path. The value of lastSlash is 27 after it is ...




Check out the examples too - not that far removed from what the OP is
seeking.

Brian Parkins.

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