Re: parsing varying length field from XML file using RPGLE program

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have to suggest RTFM to Rishi - Read The Fabulous Manuals - 
admittedly, details about building character strings might be buried a 
little, but it will be there in a section on "character operations" or 
something like that..

HTH
Vern

On 11/2/2019 1:01 PM, Sam_L wrote:
> RPG is great for building strings.  You just use "+".
>
> Take a look here:
> https://www.code400.com/forum/forum/iseries-programming-languages/rpg-rpgle/10489-concat-message-into-one-string. 
>
>
> You could build you cmd string in a series of statements and that 
> might make debugging easier.
>
> *Something* like this:
>
> cmd = 'echo ' + '''' ;
> cmd = %trim(cmd) + encodedexchange;
> cmd = %trim(cmd) + ' whatever'
> etc etc etc
> cmd =%trim(cmd) + '''';
>
> In debug you can go line by line examine cmd and see if it has waht 
> you want.
> %trim removes leading and trailing blanks.
>
> You've not coded a lot of RPG, have you?
>
> Sam
>
> On 11/2/2019 1:16 AM, Rishi Seth wrote:
> > i don\t know how can i build string but i know cat opcode function and
> > trimming % trim etc.