RE: Removing punctuation (not using arrays)

["Tracy Ball" <TBall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Cool!  It appears I do have REXX, now to learn it.  :-)
Thanks for the tip.

-Tracy
 Ext. 3107


-----Original Message-----
From: bdietz@3x.com [mailto:bdietz@3x.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 6:39 PM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Re: Removing punctuation (not using arrays)






I'll answer the second part.  If you are using the 400, you do have REXX.
It's built into the OS.  Give it a try ---- STRREXPRC.


-------------------------
 Bryan Dietz
3X Corporation
614-410-9205
===========================

If I have this field value "RABBIT PACK, 6PC. WINE TOOL KIT", is there a
better method of removing the comma and period characters and discarding
the extra spaces created without using an array routine of reading one byte
at a time, translating the unwanted characters to "blanks" and then
reloading the field via array positions?

Can I use the %xlate and %trim %bifs to shorten this task?  I don't have
REXX, so that is not an option.

Tracy L. Ball


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