Re: %REPLACE- WHATS WRONG

["Bill Meecham" <bmeecham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Michael - Nothing is wrong if you want to change only the first instance of the 
',' that you find in UMAD3 but if you want them all you'll have to loop to find 
each occurrence.  Try something like this:

eval      pos=%scan(' ':%trimr(UMAD3))                  
dow      pos = *zero                                            
eval      sourceString = %replace(',':                   
                    sourceString:pos:1)                          
eval      pos=%scan(' ':%trimr(UMAD3))                  
enddo                                         
                   
No need for the #UMAD3 variable but if you want to preserve the existing 
content you should do that first.

You could make this a procedure or a module or just a subroutine and 'pass in' 
the Character that you want to replace, what you want to replace it with and 
the string. 

eval      pos=%scan(findChar:%trimr(sourceString))                  
dow       pos > *zero                                            
eval      sourceString = %replace(replaceChar:                   
                    sourceString:pos:1)                          
eval      pos=%scan(findChar:%trimr(sourceString))                  
enddo                                                            

Have a great day!
Bill

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Smith, Mike" <Mike_Smith@RGCResources.com>
To: <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2001 8:01 AM
Subject: %REPLACE- WHATS WRONG


> Does anyone see what is wrong with this?  i am getting a Reciever to small
> error on this statement.
> 
>  C                   EVAL      #UMAD3  = %REPLACE(' ':               
>  C                                                 UMAD3:            
>  C                                                 %SCAN(',':UMAD3)) 
> 
>  
> #UMAD3 is defined as the same size as UMAD3.  
> 
> basically what i want to do is scan UMAD3 and replace any ',' with ' '   
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 
> Michael Smith
> 
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