Re: Array Lookup in ILERPG ?

Thanks to all of you.

Best Regards,

Luqman

<rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
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> Interesting code.  You could also have issues if the string being scanned
> for begins in one array element and finishes in the next.
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> %lookup is fine for a whole item match.  My docs don't show a way to
> look for a particular string anywhere in the array.  They could be out
> of date.  Assuming you didn't mean whole string match or gt/lt matches
> and you are looking for a needle anywhere in the haystack, you could use
> a pointer ala:
>
>       *!rpgle
>      Dmyar             s             80a   dim(50)
>
>      Dmyar_ptr         s               *   inz(%addr(myar))
>      Dmyar_string      s           4000a   based(myar_ptr)
> . . .
>       /free
>             pos = %scan("something":myar_string);
>             if pos > 0;
>                 ar_ix = %int(pos/80);
>                 ar_ixpos = %fpt(pos/80);
>             endif;
> . . .
>
> Would yeild the array element in ar_ix and the position within that
> element in ar_ixpos.
>
> This could be trivially put in a function/procedure, but I'm not sure
> what it would buy you over a loop, unless you were just looking to see
> if it is there ie, myar is a text message and you are just checking to
> see if a particular word is in there anywhere:
>
> if %scan("badword":myar_string);
>     exsr abort_send;
> endif;
>
> --Keith
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> rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> If you use WDSC try:
>>
> http://127.0.0.1:4126/help/topic/com.ibm.etools.iseries.langref.doc/c0925085641.htm#HDRBBLOO
>
>>
>> If you use stone knives and bearskins try:
>>
> http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v5r3/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBLOO
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>>
>> Rob Berendt
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> =====
>> Is there any function to search for string in an Array in ILERPG,
> instead
>> of
>> using loops ?
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Luqman
>>
>>
>>
>>
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