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At 09:21 AM 3/11/98 -0600, Scott Swaim wrote: > > I would like to be able to scan a field in a RPG program for a certain > character. If that character exist, I would like to take that field and > convert it all to uppercase to be chained to another file. > > e.g. > > Catalog Number: gfn 3_______________ > Catalog Number: ?drills_______________ > > > If this field starts with a '?' I want to make the field Uppercase and then > chain it to a different file. This will be used to signify KEYWORDS within > the field without defining a new field. What API's are available to make this > happen. and also what are the parm to pass to these API's? Scott, The functionality you need is provided by RPG. You can use SCAN (%SST if it's really always the first character) to find the question mark, and XLATE to translate lower to upper. hth Pete Pete Hall peteh@inwave.com http://www.inwave.com/~peteh/ +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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