Depending in whether the start of the string is in the same place every
time, you may need to scan the string, using IF and a %sst(&varname &ptr 1)
until you locate the second '/' character; add one and you have you start
value. &ptr is a *DEC number you increment by one to move along the string
(BUMP'ing)
Then , a similar process until you find the '.'; simple arithmetic can now
supply the length of your filename;
CHGVAR &filnam %sst(&string &str &len)
Regards
Jeff Bull
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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alan Shore
Sent: 03 October 2012 18:02
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: Obtaining a value from within a string using CL
Thanks for your reply Michael.
I'm sorry, but I am not following.
The start points and length of each example can be different.
How do I obtain the start point and length is the question
Alan Shore
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-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael Ryan
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2012 12:57 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Obtaining a value from within a string using CL
You could use %SST and a counter if it's always going to be like that,
On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 12:48 PM, Alan Shore <ashore@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi everyone
And before I forget (as I normally do) we are on V5r4.
Within CL, is there a way to obtain a string from the following examples.
1. /weborders/PP91055370.txt
From the above, I am looking for the value PP91055370
2. /ifsdir/PP91055370,tx
From the above, I am looking for the value PP91055370
3. /ifsdir2/PP9.txt
From the above I am looking for PP9
In other words, the values between (but NOT including) the second '/' and
'.txt'
As always, any and all responses are MUCH appreciated.
Alan Shore
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