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arvibala · Beginner Joined: 12 Feb 2008 Posts: 142 Topics: 67

Hi,

Is there any function similar to Cobol Unstring, in Easytrieve?

I have a record

12345;Arvind;arv.vind@mail.com;develop

I want to unstring these and place the Name, Mail id in their respective fields.

Thanks
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Arvind
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kolusu · Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:04 am Post subject:

arvibala,

AFAIK, easytrieve does NOT have any string manipulations functions. However you can write your own unstring logic using DO until/while . Here are some of the examples. check out the solutions posted by me

http://mvsforums.com/helpboards/viewtopic.php?t=1911&highlight=eztpa00
http://mvsforums.com/helpboards/viewtopic.php?t=8829&highlight=eztpa00
http://mvsforums.com/helpboards/viewtopic.php?t=4036&highlight=eztpa00

Kolusu

arvibala · Beginner Joined: 12 Feb 2008 Posts: 142 Topics: 67

Thanks Kolusu,

Did the same using Do Until and having counters to read the delimited ";" for name and email address.

I started the Index variable from 0 and it gave correct results. Your example starts index variable with 1. Do u see any prob with mine?

Im not posting the code as it is much similar to ur examples.

Thanks,
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Arvind
"You can make a difference with your smile. Have that with you always"

kolusu · Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 5:04 pm Post subject:

arvibala,

If you used index then start of value of 0 or 1 does not make a difference. but with a subscript it would be an error.

Kolusu