RE: Re: RPGLE pgm to parse a string

rpg400-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>   4. Re: RPGLE pgm to parse a string (Stiju Easo)
>
>I asked for reverse of string bcoz i can take values b/w 2nd and 3rd '_' 's
>flatly
>then reverse obtained string
>
>The problem with earlier post is ,how can i correctly gusses a charecter
>just after third but last '_' , it is error prone, otherwise that logic is
>good
>
>Any one plse guide me, is there any way other than reversing string?

I _think_ your request is something like this...

Say you have three records and the field in those records shows:

1  A123_B_C_D_E_F_G
2  A_B_C123_D_E_F_G_H_I_J
3  A_B_C_D_E123_F123_G_H

You want to extract:

1  E
2  H
3  F123

...from those three records. Also, maybe the third one should be '321F', I'm 
not sure about that part at all.

The field is variable length and the substrings are variable length. There is a 
variable number of substrings in the field.

But you know that you want the third substring from the end of the field.

Am I close?

Tom Liotta