Re: parse for words over 8 characters

On 14-Jun-2017 20:19 -0600, CRPence wrote:

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Note: REXX has a WORD function; would the effects of that function
be compatible with the definition of "words" used in the OP? Then
there is additionally, a WORDS function, to obtain a count to know
how many to process against which to perform the LENGTH function.

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If the process/feature is specific to the one or similar files, and
the REXX capabilities match the requirements for "words", then I
would probably just write the code in REXX SQL; i.e. use SQL coded in
REXX to obtain the data as REXX strings with FETCH, and use the REXX
string functions to parse those strings.

For reference, the following REXX code [run interactively], produces the output that follows; noting, that the effect suggests, the question mark is part of the "word":

s = "¿How many sentences have mistakes?";
do i=1 to words(s) by 1;
if length(word(s, i))>8
then say "["word(s,i)"]>8";
end;


[sentences]>8
[mistakes?]>8
Press ENTER to end terminal session.