Re: Removing punctuation (not using arrays)

I might try code like this:

C       Eval  Inx = 1
C       Do    30 
C       If      %SubSt(testField:Inx) >= 'a' 
C               Or %SubSt(TestField:Inx) = *Blank
C       Eval  NewField = %Trim(NewField) + %SubSt(TestField:inx)
C       EndIf
C       Eval   Inx = Inx + 1
C       EndDo

I say "like this" because you need to deal with '~', '{', and '}' (they're
above 'a" in the collating table) and you have to deal with the blanks
because the %Trim will remove them, both trivial exercises left for the
reader.

The C   DO   30 = (length of the field to be tested)              
 
 
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Booth Martin   http://www.MartinVT.com
Booth@MartinVT.com
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-------Original Message-------
 
From: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Date: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 06:35:24 PM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Removing punctuation (not using arrays)
 
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
Total Response, Inc.
Sr. Programmer/Analyst 
(317) 781-4600 ext. 3107