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Re: Search for a string using SORT
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| yaeger@us.ibm.com 2006-02-10, 6:55 pm |
| docdwarf@panix.com wrote:
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> Eh? Looking in the tables that list the various format types is 'too
> deep'? Another new thing learned!
There are four types of INCLUDE conditions: Comparison, Substring
Comparison Tests, Bit Logic Tests and Date Comparisons. Each is
described separately because the syntax is different. The table you're
referring to only applies to the Comparison tests, not to the others.
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> See "Substring Comparison Tests" in topic 3.7.4 for information about
> substring comparison tests.
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> --end quoted text:
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> ... where the URL for '"Substring Comparison Tests" in topic 3.7.4' is
> <http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-...60456#HDRSUBSTR>
> and this text is, more-or-less, repeated.
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> Nary a peep about startpos,len,SS,C'string' that I can see... but perhaps
> my eyes ain't what they used to be.
Well, it's a Bookmanager thing. It creates links and sublinks and
subsublinks, ad nauseum. When you get to:
http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-...60456#HDRSUBSTR
you have to go down one more level using the "Relational Condition
Format" link at the bottom of that page. That gets you to the page
that shows/explains the syntax.
I'd suggest using the pdf version of the book rather than the
Bookmanager version if you have a choice. You can find links to all of
the DFSORT pdf and Bookmanager books at:
www.ibm.com/servers/storage/support...vs/srtmpub.html
> DD
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| In article <1139593116.997239.12900@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
<yaeger@us.ibm.com> wrote:
>docdwarf@panix.com wrote:
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>There are four types of INCLUDE conditions: Comparison, Substring
>Comparison Tests, Bit Logic Tests and Date Comparisons. Each is
>described separately because the syntax is different. The table you're
>referring to only applies to the Comparison tests, not to the others.
Ahhhhhh, silly me! Substring Comparison is not a subset of Comparison, it
is something else entire!
[snip]
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>Well, it's a Bookmanager thing. It creates links and sublinks and
>subsublinks, ad nauseum. When you get to:
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>http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-...60456#HDRSUBSTR
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>you have to go down one more level using the "Relational Condition
>Format" link at the bottom of that page.
Eh? First I'm 'looking too deep into the DFSORT doc' and then I'm not
looking deeply enough... it's a wonder I manage to
(pause for check)
.... it's a wonder I manage to zip up my fly before going out in the
morning.
Thanks again, Mr Yaeger... greatly appreciated.
DD
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