>> On Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:42:07 +0000, Jim McAlpine >> wrote: >> >>>Is there any way to achieve the above ie to search for 'abc*xyx' where * >> can be any length in all members of a pds.
If you have SimpList installed there are several ways to do what you want. The first is to use the SEEK command to search all of the members displayed in a list; e.g. 'SEEK ABC PREFIX ALL' would give you a list of all the members that contain ABC as a prefix. You could then enter 'SEEK XYZ SUFFIX ALL' to further subset the member list. The resulting list would only display those members that contain both strings. From there you could run more SEEK (or HIDE) commands to further limit which members appear in the list. A second option is to create an edit macro that searches for (or changes) the strings you're interested in. You can easily apply a macro to some or all of the members in a list by simply selecting member(s) using function 'O' (macrO). For example, you could apply a macro to every member that begins with 'PGM' by simply entering 'O PGM*' on the member list command line. Note that by using a macro you have more control, and could ensure 'ABC' and 'XYZ' are part of the same string. A third option is to write a user-defined function (which is similar to a macro except that it doesn't have to open members for edit). For example, your function could use EXECIO to read a member (whose name would be passed to it by SimpList), and determine if the member contains the string(s) you're looking for. If so, it could VPUT a variable that tells SimpList what value you want to appear in the user-data area (i.e. the 8 character field that appears just after each name in a member list). For example, you could set the value to 'FOUND' or 'FOUND-3' or 'RC=0' (etc). If the member doesn't contain what you're looking for, you could optionally VPUT a value that tells SimpList what line command to use to reselect the member; e.g. where line command 'X' would cause the member to be eXcluded from the list. To execute your user-defined function (e.g. function '1'), you would simply enter '1 pattern' on any member list command line; e.g. '1 *' would apply your function to every member in a list. What you would then see is a list containing only those members that met your selection criteria (with the user-data area set to whatever value you want to appear next to each member), and all of the other members would be excluded from the list. HTH, Dave Salt SimpList(tm) - try it; you'll get it! http://www.mackinney.com/products/SIM/simplist.htm _________________________________________________________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
