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Date:	Thu, 8 Nov 2001 08:44:13 PDT
From:	<leganii@surfree.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-programming@scoug.com
To:	scoug-programming@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Programming: ANSI Rexx Functions

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On Thu, 08 November 2001, Peter Skye wrote:

> Sender: scoug-programming-owner
> To: scoug-programming@scoug.com
> Subject: SCOUG-Programming:
> ANSI Rexx Functions
> From: Peter Skye
> Return-Path:
> Reply-To: scoug-programming@scoug.com
> Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 06:00:39 PDT
>
> dallas_kincyb wrote:
> >
>
> Not sure if you're looking for the function names or the functionality.

I hadn't considered putting any restrictions on the answers I might
get.

> Here's some functionality:
>
> > fullyqualifiedfilename = Qualify( filename )
>
> SysFileTree()

Ok, you can ferret it out from there, yes.
I think you could paste the results from Directory() onto filename
too, if your making your own.
Need to verify that it exists first.

>
> > newhaystack = CHANGESTR( needle, haystack, newneedle )
>
> translate()

Not!
The needle/haystack paradigm in Rexx is usually used for
strings, not individual characters.
It's 'change string', not 'change character'.

>
> > count = COUNTSTR( needle, haystack )
>
> I wrote a PosList() routine a few days ago which creates a stem variable
> list of the positions in a string where a "needle" string occurs. The
> returned .0 stem value contains the "count". It uses Pos() and indexes
> its way through the string.
>
> - Peter

Yes, that would have value in the .0 stem.

>
>
>

So you found nothing in the documentation or via experimentation
with Rexxtry etc., the original question?
I'm going to presume not until someone tells me otherwise.

Regards,
Dallas E. Legan II / leganii@surfree.com / dallasii@kincyb.com

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