Re: Manipulating a decoded UTF8 string

On Wed, Aug 19, 2020 at 1:52 PM Greg Wilburn
<gwilburn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I not only need to scan/replace for '^XZ', I need to add a string of my own (literals and variable data) followed by '^XZ'.
(basically inserting a string at the end of the data to print some extra lines on the label)

Preferably, I would like to do this before writing to the IFS.

I empathize, but it pains me to read that last part, because this
whole thing (from retrieving the SOAP data to writing to IFS) screams
out for a PASE-based solution (Python, Node.js, or possibly Java).

If you have successfully written the stream file, with the '^XZ' at
the end, and only need to insert your own data; at that point, you can
probably just issue a single QSH command to finish the job. (I don't
know the Unixy stuff too well, so I'd write a few lines of Python.)

I understand that it would be preferable to stick to RPG, given that
you've already done so much of it in RPG, and probably don't want to
learn a whole new language so close to the end; but wrestling with
CCSIDs on top of Base64 encoding/decoding is more of a headache in RPG
than in tools/languages that were specifically designed for working
with stream files.

I do hope and expect that someone or a combination of someones will be
able to help get you home while staying within RPG (possibly including
embedded SQL). Good luck!

John Y.