That is great information!! Thanks for all the replies --- I've made peace with LIKE, and may even like LIKE... And I'm almost bi-lingual with COPY... Something new to learn today still I'm sure!!
DW -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Martin Phillips Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 3:41 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [U2] [UV] File Types... Just to extend Ray's reply.... Pattern templates can also include an extremely useful construct to allow a range of numbers of characters. This is specified as, for example, "4-7N" for between 4 and 7 numeric characters. As far as I am aware this is not documented anywhere in the UniVerse manuals or help text. Like the rest of pattern matching, it came from Prime Information and somehow got missed in writing the manuals. So, the complete set is: nA exactly n alphabetic characters n-mA between n and m alphabetic characters 0A any number (including zero) of alphabetic characters nN exactly n numeric characters n-mN between n and m numeric characters 0N any number (including zero) of numeric characters nX exactly n characters of any type n-mX between n and m characters of any type 0X any number of characters of any type 'text' literal text I would hate to be without this extra construct as it considerably simplifies many operations. Martin Phillips Ladybridge Systems 17b Coldstream Lane, Hardingstone, Northampton NN4 6DB +44-(0)1604-709200 ------- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
