Re: Parse variable length, delimited, data into a data structure? -- RPG400-L

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Subject: Re: Parse variable length, delimited, data into a data structure?
From: David Gibbs <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 09:15:45 -0500
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Tom Liotta wrote:

Anyone know of a technique, or routine, that will take a variable length, delimited, string of data and parse it into a data structure?
Well, I know how I'd do it... but this is the RPG list. Saying that
COBOL's UNSTRING verb does in one statement essentially precisely
what you ask is OT.  :-)

Funny you should mention that ... this is the EXACT functionality I'm trying to replicate. :)

david

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