RE: Comma Delimited File

[boldt@xxxxxxxxxx]

Alan wrote:
>As I indicated in an earlier post about converting a string to packed
>decimal, I use a state transition diagram and engine to analyze these
>things.
>
>I have had to write, at least 4, of these with some pretty strange rules
and
>the state transition engine has handled them with ease
>
>Absolutely nothing beats a state transition engine for parsing strings of
>data.
>...

How about Rexx:
     parse var input field1 ',' field2 ',' field3 ',' field3

Or how about Perl:
     @fields = split /,/, $input;
  or
     ($f1,$f2,$f3,$f4) = split /,/, $input
(Perl is an especially good language for parsing strings and this
example barely scratches the surface of its power.)

Or as someone else suggested, CPYFRMIMPF.

You know the old saying:  "If the only tool you have is a hammer,
all problems look like nails."

Cheers!  Hans

Hans Boldt, ILE RPG Development, IBM Toronto Lab, boldt@ca.ibm.com


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