Shawn, The approach I would take is to take that part of the records where you want to search, and split those parts into words. That puts the words at the start of the record. I suppose you could get multiple hits from the original record, so PREDSELECT would be your friend to do the vetting of the input records.
But if you're looking for multiple keywords, FIND may get tedious since you'd need a cascade to check them. I have been known to load a LOOKUP table with all the possible forms of the keyword, but that's only realistic when you're dealing with abbreviations. Sir Rob the Plumber On Wed, 31 Oct 2018 at 15:18, Stanislawski, Shawn (National VM Capability) < shaw...@dxc.com> wrote: > Want to filter a stream of records, letting only certain ones through > based on a keyword in each record. > What we know: > -the keyword could be anywhere in the first 30 characters > -the keyword is space delineated (no leading space if keyword is first > word) > -the first and last part of that keyword > -the count of unknown characters separating the first and last parts of > the keyword > > For an example: > Within the first 30 characters of the record is the keyword : 'HCP??????E > ' , with exactly 6 unknown characters (no blanks) between 'HCP' and 'E '. > > I know XEDIT's LOCATE can perform a similar search via the arbitrary > character option 'SET ARBCHAR ON ?'. > I know PIPE's FIND can do this with blanks, but only if the keyword begins > in column 1. (Or a static column (not a range) using ZONE.) > > Aside from creating a sipping stage/custom filter, is there any provision > for performing natively in PIPE such an action as this? > > --Shawn S. > > > DXC Technology Company -- This message is transmitted to you by or on > behalf of DXC Technology Company or one of its affiliates. It is intended > exclusively for the addressee. The substance of this message, along with > any attachments, may contain proprietary, confidential or privileged > information or information that is otherwise legally exempt from > disclosure. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is > prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, you are > not authorized to read, print, retain, copy or disseminate any part of this > message. If you have received this message in error, please destroy and > delete all copies and notify the sender by return e-mail. Regardless of > content, this e-mail shall not operate to bind DXC Technology Company or > any of its affiliates to any order or other contract unless pursuant to > explicit written agreement or government initiative expressly permitting > the use of e-mail for such purpose. --. >
