Re: Regex INSTR, REPLACE, SUBSTRING -- RPG400-L

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Subject: Re: Regex INSTR, REPLACE, SUBSTRING
From: David Gibbs <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2018 13:14:10 -0600
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On 2/7/2018 12:04 PM, Justin Taylor wrote:

Obviously you can't use SQL functions without SQL. My question is
whether than are non-SQL equivalents?

You can use the C API's.

https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_ibm_i_71/rtref/regexec.htm

I suspect they are harder to use then the SQL functions.

david

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