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Find a string in a PS.

Postby Viswanathchandru » Tue May 21, 2013 6:58 pm

Dear all,

I'm trying to find the position of a string in a PS file. But it shows not found. Here is what I have tried. Please let me know if I'm doing something wrong.


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"EXECIO * DISKR OUTTR(STEM RET. FINIS"             
DO IX=1 TO RET.0                                   
 VAR1 = POS('ERROR','RET.IX')                   
END                                               
SAY VAR1


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Re: Find a string in a PS.

Postby Akatsukami » Tue May 21, 2013 7:02 pm

As RET.IX is enclosed in single quotes, it is interpreted as a literal; remove those quotes. Incidentally, you realize that your code will only show the position of "ERROR" in the last line, yes?
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