You seem to be missing the "r" in front of the character string. On Wed, 10 Dec 2014 20:06:27 -0600, David Speake <david.spe...@bcbssc.com> wrote:
>We have z/OS 2.01 up in the sysprog's sandbox and I am attempting to play with >regular expressions in ISREDIT FIND an CHANGE commands both from the command >line and within macros. Having NO luck. When I run this MACRO >/* REXX */ >/* LINE */ >/* LANE */ >TRACE ?I >ADDRESS ISREDIT >SAY ADDRESS() >MACRO >"F" "'L[AI]NE'" >against itself it does not find line and lane, it finds 'L[AI]NE' > Looking for information I went to TUTOR ISR2M21K via the long route at which > point .... > >A regular expression string is used to specify a pattern for the string as >supported by the C runtime library REGCOMP function, >instead of the exact characters to be found. > > Example - ===> find r'l[ai]ne' word will find words lane and line > in the file being edited >A regular expression string is a quoted string that is preceded or >followed by the letter "R" or the letters "RC". Use "RC" to request a >case sensitive search be performed. > >The string must conform to the format allowed by the REGCOMP function >supported by the C runtime library and the C runtime library must be >available. > >Could this be my problem? Is this C runtime library available in z/OS ONLY if >you buy the C compiler? I do not know if we do or don't have it and I'd rather >not upset my SYSPROG with invidious curiosity ;-). Whither this beast? What be >its name, directory, etc. >Will be back at my desk Thursday about 5:00 EDT. > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
