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That worked as long as the character I was starting with was not a blank. ddh ----- Original Message ----- From: <Jeff@VTINFO.COM> To: <CODE400-L@midrange.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 4:08 PM Subject: Re: Finding Strings starting with blanks in Code > > If you press the Options button on the Find window, you can search within > specific columns. In your case I guess you would want to search only in > columns 19-20. > > Jeff Morrill > > > > > "Dwight HoganCamp" > <Dhogancamp@Ruger. To: <CODE400-L@midrange.com> > com> cc: > Sent by: Subject: Re: Finding Strings starting with blanks in Code > owner-code400-l@mi > drange.com > > > 06/20/01 03:38 PM > Please respond to > CODE400-L > > > > > > > I tried both the double and single quote. What I am finding right now is > that if I want to find a character string other than blanks, I can enter > the > string and it finds it. > > Right now I am trying to insert prefixes in front of fields names in DDS. I > need to specify the blank because I want to insert it at Position 19. The > character string in 19 & 20 where I am inserting may be repeated in the > field and some attempts I have made have inserted the prefix two or three > times in the name which is undesirable. > > I know there are no blanks in the name so if I scan for <space>PC it will > get the beginning of the field name. > > I have tried both single and double quotes around it like we used to do in > SEU, and I have tried <space> PC like someone suggested, and I tried just > typing in a space. I had the same result each time "string - not found". > > Thanks for any input you may have > > Dwight @ Ruger > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <batthish@ca.ibm.com> > To: <CODE400-L@midrange.com> > Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 2:52 PM > Subject: Re: Finding Strings starting with blanks in Code > > > > Hi Dwight, > > > > Are you searching in CODE using the single quote (') or double quote(")? > > If so then that would be the reason why it is not finding the string. > > You shoudl just be able to type the PC with the space, without any > quotes. > > > > Hope this helps! > > > > Violaine Batthish > > CODE/400 Project Lead > > batthish@ca.ibm.com IBMCA(BATTHISH) > > > > CODE/400 page: http://www.ibm.com/software/ad/varpg > > WDT/400 Support : > > http://www.ibm.com/software/ad/wdt400/update_downloads.html > > > > > > > > > > "Dwight HoganCamp" > > <Dhogancamp@Ruger. To: > <CODE400-L@midrange.com> > > com> cc: > > Sent by: Subject: Finding Strings > starting with blanks in Code > > owner-code400-l@mi > > drange.com > > > > > > 06/20/2001 02:01 > > PM > > Please respond to > > CODE400-L > > > > > > > > > > > > Ok > > > > When I worked with SEU I could type either ' PC' or " PC" in the command > > line of SEU, or on the Find/Change Options screen by pressing F14. > > > > When I do the same thing with Code it says there is nothing, even though > I > > can see what I am looking for. > > > > I am trying to insert XRE in front of 106 fields that starting with PC in > a > > data dictionary of 1400 lines. > > > > I got this one to work by excluding the first 156 lines then the last > 1138 > > lines then finding PC in 19 and 20 and replacing it with XRE. > > > > Is there some way to change the lines that are excluded. The SEU version > of > > this worked hours ago, but it didn't like me inserting more characters > than > > I am scanning for even with allow data to shift. So I had errors on two > > lines that way. > > > > Once I finally got code to work, it changed just the ones I wanted the > way > > I > > wanted them. Nice job on that one, but it is still too cumbersome. > > > > +--- > > | This is the CODE/400 Mailing List! > > | To submit a new message, send your mail to CODE400-L@midrange.com. > > | To subscribe to this list send email to CODE400-L-SUB@midrange.com. > > | To unsubscribe from this list send email to > CODE400-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. > > | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: > larry@paque.net > > +--- > > > > > > > > +--- > > | This is the CODE/400 Mailing List! > > | To submit a new message, send your mail to CODE400-L@midrange.com. > > | To subscribe to this list send email to CODE400-L-SUB@midrange.com. > > | To unsubscribe from this list send email to > CODE400-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. > > | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: > larry@paque.net > > +--- > > +--- > | This is the CODE/400 Mailing List! > | To submit a new message, send your mail to CODE400-L@midrange.com. > | To subscribe to this list send email to CODE400-L-SUB@midrange.com. > | To unsubscribe from this list send email to CODE400-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. > | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: larry@paque.net > +--- > > > > > +--- > | This is the CODE/400 Mailing List! > | To submit a new message, send your mail to CODE400-L@midrange.com. > | To subscribe to this list send email to CODE400-L-SUB@midrange.com. > | To unsubscribe from this list send email to CODE400-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. > | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: larry@paque.net > +--- +--- | This is the CODE/400 Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to CODE400-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to CODE400-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to CODE400-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: larry@paque.net +---
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