The g processing code extracts one or more groups of contiguous character substrings delimited by the specified character.
System Processors |
Select, Update, List |
Code Type |
Attribute Defining |
Dictionary Attributes |
Input Conversion, Output Conversion, Correlative |
Syntax
g{skip.segments} delimiter get.segments |
NOTE |
The implied spaces between the arguments in the syntax definition are for visual clarity only and are not allowed. |
Parameter(s)
skip.segments |
Specifies the number of delimited groups to skip before performing the extraction. If omitted, zero is assumed, and extraction occurs from the beginning of the value. |
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delimiter |
Any single printable character excluding integers and these characters: |
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_ |
segment mark (SM) |
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^ |
attribute mark (AM) |
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] |
value mark (VM) |
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\ |
subvalue mark (SVM) |
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get.segments |
Specifies the number of contiguous groups to extract from the value. |
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Example(s)
The example below illustrates the results obtained from various combinations of the g code if the value being processed was the string:
ca*92714*1000 |
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g*1 |
ca |
g0*1 |
ca |
g*3 |
ca*92714*1000 |
g1*2 |
92714*1000 |
g2*1 |
1000 |
g2*2 |
1000 |
g3*1 |
(null) |
See Also