Re: Obtaining a value from within a string using CL

I'm sorry Alan. Put the data in a variable, then use %sst (substring)
to scan through the variable, character by character. Find the slash,
add 1 to the counter. You now have your start. Keep scanning until you
find the next slash. That's the end. Then use %sst to extract the
stuff in the middle.

On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 1:01 PM, Alan Shore <ashore@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

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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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael Ryan
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2012 12:57 PM
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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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