I'm not sure how all the elements connect. What does String3 have to do with it?
Isn't it two separate checks, as in... If String2 is in String1, do something... If String3 is in String1, do something else... ? I don't know if it's just me, but to me your description of what you're trying to do isn't very clear. Norm -----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Phil Murnane Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 10:14 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Repost: Wildcard in STRSTR function? I couldn't find this post on the web server, so I thought I'd r Folks: I couldn't find this post on the web server, so I thought I'd repost it. Any thoughts on this? Thanks, --Phil ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Phil Murnane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Phil Murnane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 10:32:23 AM Subject: Wildcard in STRSTR function? Folks: Has anyone ever used a wildcard as the secnd parameter in a STRSTR() function? I'm trying to test whether string2 exists in string1, where string2 may be a substring of string3 also in string one. This is similar to finding a Group ID in a $GROUPIDS$ result. Example: ARS 6.3 string1 = ", 20070821-001, 20070821-002, 20070821-002-A, 20070821-003, " string2 = "20070821-002" string3 = "20070821-002-A" I can't just use STRSTR(string1, string2) because even if string1 did not contain string2 this function would erroneously find the value, since string2 is a substring of string3. Here's my syntax: zScratchInteger = STRSTRC($string1$,(" %, " + $string2$ ) + ", %") But this always returns -1 -- it never finds string2 in string1. Is this because of the wildcard percent signs? TIA, --Phil ________________________________________________________________________ ____________Ready for the edge of your seat? Check out tonight's top picks on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ _______ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org ARSlist:"Where the Answers Are" _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org ARSlist:"Where the Answers Are"
