On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:22:40 -0600, Elardus Engelbrecht wrote: >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. > >Yes! > >Try SRCHFOR on =3.4 and use this: > ><argument for prefix> PREFIX ><argument for suffix> SUFFIX C > >My example: > ==> SO PREFIX > ==> EK SUFFIX C > >Example Search result: > >YXABC > > 1 SOEK > 2 SO1EK > 3 SOAEK > 4 SOBBEK > 5 SOCCEK > 6 SOEEEEEEK
But that will also find: FFEK SOXX FF1XXEK SO1XXXX FFAYYYEK SOAYYYXX FFBZZZEK SOBZZZXX FFC$$$EK SOC$$$XX and it will not find SO HKJHKJ EK -- Tom Marchant ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
