test part of fixed legnth string

stampe
Member Posts: 48
Is there any way to test only part of a fixed length string
example :
myvar = text
test = copystr(myvar,1,8)
case test of
'ABC*****' :
'ABCD****' :
'ABCDE***' :
end
i'am looking for some sort of "joker" sign to use in a textstring '*' do not work
Regards
Peter
example :
myvar = text
test = copystr(myvar,1,8)
case test of
'ABC*****' :
'ABCD****' :
'ABCDE***' :
end
i'am looking for some sort of "joker" sign to use in a textstring '*' do not work
Regards
Peter
0
Comments
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I'm afraid you can't do this in a CASE-statement.
Therefore, you have to use:
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">code:</font><HR><pre>
IF COPYSTR(test,1,3) = 'ABC' THEN BEGIN
END;
IF COPYSTR(test,1,4) = 'ABCD' THEN BEGIN
END;
IF COPYSTR(test,1,5) = 'ABCDE' THEN BEGIN
END;
</pre><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
If necessary, you need to put ELSE's between the IF's, otherwise the other code gets executed also when COPYSTR(test,1,3) = 'ABC'.
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Hi Luc
I'll use the solution you suggest
Thanks for your help and a merry crismas
Peter0 -
You should reverse the order of the CASE checks. As shown, COPYSTR(test,1,3) = 'ABC' will be giving a match always before the other ones. So, start with the longest and work down to the shortest.
John0
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