RE: multiple search arguments in one scan?

["Bob Cozzi" <cozzi@xxxxxxxxx>]

Nope. Gotta scan multiple passes.
If there's a lot of data records for which this is required, you might
consider using memchr() instead of %SCAN() since it will search much faster
than %SCAN().
-Bob Cozzi


-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Dan Bale
Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 2:34 PM
To: RPG400-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: multiple search arguments in one scan?

Crud - severe brain fade moment...

I want to test for the existence of one of several characters in a string.

%check lets you check for the first character that is NOT found in the
"comparator".

%scan only lets you specify one search argument.

I need to test a string to see if it has any occurrences of any of the
characters &, %, *, _, or ?

There *is* an easy way to do this in RPG, is there not?

FWIW, on V5R2.

tia,
db

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