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vijayalayancse
Joined: 29 Aug 2005
Posts: 26
Location: Chennai
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| Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 2:02 pm Post subject: How to find '&aa' in RExx? |
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I have a problem in find statement while im trying to find '&aa'
it doesnt recognise '&' and following letters.thisis the error im getting:
while putting "trace"
"find '"symHLQ"' next "
"find '"
"&AA"
"find '&AA"
"' next "
"find '&AA' next "
say " rc " rc zerrlm
" rc "
"12"
" rc 12"
rc 12 The first string in a FIND command cannot be a null ('') string.
please, Help me in this regard. |
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MGIndaco
Joined: 10 Mar 2005
Posts: 478
Location: Milan, Italy
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| Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 2:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Only to clarify one doubt... &aa is a string, not a variable... is true? |
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Kevin
Joined: 25 Aug 2005
Posts: 255
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| Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 5:44 pm Post subject: Re: How to find '&aa' in RExx? |
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I'm confused. I've never heard of a FIND command in REXX. Usually, when you are looking for a particular string in REXX, you use the POS or LASTPOS commands.
FIND sounds more like an EDIT command. |
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Paddy
Joined: 12 Sep 2005
Posts: 54
Location: Paris France
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| Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:55 pm Post subject: Find |
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Hi all,
Find command can be coded FIND(string,phrase) and return the word number in the phrase. POS(string,phrase' return the number of first string's letter in phrase include blank.
Example :
phrase = 'i am Paddy'
FIND('Paddy',phrase) return 3
POS('Paddy',phrase) return 6
I hope to help you
Paddy |
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Kevin
Joined: 25 Aug 2005
Posts: 255
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| Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 9:32 pm Post subject: Re: How to find '&aa' in RExx? |
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| Sorry, I was somewhat incorrect. You're right, FIND is a legitimate function, although, the manual does state that WORDPOS is the preferred function. :oops: |
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