RE: multiple search arguments in one scan?

["Jonathan Mason" <jonathan.mason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Dan

Have you thought about using the %XLATE BIF?

You could use the following:

        If      TextField <> %XLate('&%*_?' : 'ABCDE' : TextField)
        ...character found
        Else
        ...character not found
        EndIf

It doesn't really matter what you use in the replacement string, all you're
doing is ensuring that the returned string is different which allows you to
test for something.  Depending on the length of the string you are checking
and the number of records being checked you may find this, whilst neater,
more of an overhead than doing individual scans.

Best regards

Jonathan
www.astradyne-uk.com

-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces+jonathan.mason=astradyne-uk.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces+jonathan.mason=astradyne-uk.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Bob Cozzi
Sent: 05 October 2004 20:45
To: 'RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries'
Subject: RE: multiple search arguments in one scan?


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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