This is real smart, making things harder than they should be. Just use <>.
Mark Johnson ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 5:23 PM Subject: RE: [U2] OCONV Extraction Question > Didn't work for me either. It may not fit what you need, but SWAP can make > it work. > > VAR1 = 'SAM':@VM:'TRUDY' > SWAP @VM WITH '*' IN VAR1 > FMTSTR = 'G*1' > CRT OCONV(VAR1,FMTSTR) > > Brad > > > U.S. BANCORP made the following annotations > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Electronic Privacy Notice. This e-mail, and any attachments, contains information that is, or may be, covered by electronic communications privacy laws, and is also confidential and proprietary in nature. If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that you are legally prohibited from retaining, using, copying, distributing, or otherwise disclosing this information in any manner. Instead, please reply to the sender that you have received this communication in error, and then immediately delete it. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/