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Re: Need help with a regex pattern

On Tue, Jun 4, 2019 at 10:23 AM <smith5646midrange@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Is there a way to build an expression so I can provide a variable value at
run time rather than freeing and recompiling the pattern every time the
variable changes?

Are you using the regex api's directly?

If so, I suggest you take a look at the SQL regexp_* functions.

https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_ibm_i_72/db2/rbafzscaregexp_substr.htm

They are much easier to work with IMO.

david



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