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Rexxguy
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Joined: 25 Sep 2008
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Hi Guys,
Can you please tell me how to move a words in string of words to particular position using REXX...
Example...
From
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1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901
REXX IS GOOD TO LEARN AS A SYSTEM LANGUAGE |
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1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901
REXX IS GOOD----spaces-----------------TO--spaces----LEARN
AS A SYSTEM LANGUAGE |
I would like to change the TO stmt to pos 40 and LEARN to 54 pos...
after movement if there is enough space in the line the rest of words can be accomodated...else I need to write to the next line...
Is there any way around in REXX to achive the above solution.. |
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enrico-sorichetti
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| did You care to search the forum for "rexx string" ( all the terms ) |
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genesis786
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u can try something like this:
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/* rexx */
str = 'Rexx is good to learn as a system language'
str1 = left(substr(str,1,pos('to',str)-1),40,' ')
str2 = substr(str,pos('to',str))
say str1 || str2
exit
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but not really sure why would u want to do this? 
there can be many other ways if u look at string functions
check this out
www.kilowattsoftware.com/tutorial/rexx/ |
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Maverick34
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You can fill out a string with a "pad" field using the "substr" function, plus it can be used to carve up a sting into separate parts.
Check out the manual.
Regards
Mark |
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dick scherrer
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Hello rg and welcome to the forums,
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| after movement if there is enough space in the line the rest of words can be accomodated...else I need to write to the next line.. |
Your example does not show this. . . Why is "AS" not on the same line with LEARN?
If there are no solid rules, it will be difficult to implement.
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