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I would definitely go with regex. It's shame that the "modern" RPG is
missing the regex native function and so you have to use SQL for the
purpose.
Still, much more flexible and common approach than dealing with SCANs etc.

Cheers,
Vlad.


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From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Art Tostaine, Jr.
Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2020 5:16 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: How to get the dollar value from this text string?

Here are some samples. need to extract 1.23 here. I was thinking of reading
backwards looking for a space. Any better ideas? Thank you.

NTE*OTH*#F7- PST/SALES TAX GAZE9H01/MNT/ / 6/- 1.23~

NTE*OTH*#F7- PST/SALES TAX GSYE9R03/WHT/ / 4T/- 1.22~

NTE*OTH*#OH- HANDLING CHARGES GAZE9H01/MNT/ / 6/- 3.36~

NTE*OTH*#OH- HANDLING CHARGES GSYE9R03/WHT/ / 4T/- 2.29~

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