SCAN (scan a variable field) - Documentation for BMC AMI Ops Monitor for CICS 7.3

Syntax

 SCAN &Vn {REMOVING|REPLACING} {LEADING|ALL} {BLANK|NULL|c} [WITH|[{BLANK|NULL|c}]]

where

• &Vn is the name of a defined variable that contains the target data to be edited.

• REMOVING | REPLACING indicates the editing to be performed on the data of the target variable.

• LEADING | ALL edits the leading or trailing data to one byte or all the data as indicated.

• WITH must be used if REPLACING is specified.

• BLANK specifies blank characters.

• NULL specifies null characters.

• c represents any alphanumeric characters.

Example

SET BB = '&vbarSELECT TYPE CC RECORDS FROM CMRSTATS WHERE CMRDATE = '09/17/1998' SET Y = T6FTRNCT / 5 SET Y = Y + 1 IF Y > THEN 51 THEN SET Y = 52 SCAN &Y REMOVING LEADING 0 SET &X = BB(1:&Y) USING CMRDATE CMRTIME T6FTRNCT X
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