Parse Examples

PARSE Examples

Example 1:

PARSE

NAME INTO OUTPUT USING "AZaz"

	Variable	PL	FP	LP	Contents
Before:	NAME	25	1	14	John Q. Public···········
	OUTPUT	15	1	5	Henry··········

After:	NAME	25	5	14	John Q. Public···········
	OUTPUT	15	1	4	Johny··········

The EQUAL Condition Flag is set.

Example 2:

	Variable	PL	FP	LP	Contents
Before:	NAME	25	9	14	John Q. Public···········
	OUTPUT	15	6	9	ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO

After:	NAME	25	14	14	John Q. Public···········
	OUTPUT	15	1	6	PublicGHIJKLMNO

The EQUAL and LESS Condition Flags are set.

Example 3:

PARSE

NAME INTO OUTPUT USING "AZaz",UPPERCASE

	Variable	PL	FP	LP	Contents
Before:	NAME	25	1	14	John Q. Public···········
	OUTPUT	15	1	5	Henry··········

After:	NAME	25	5	14	John Q. Public···········
	OUTPUT	15	1	4	JOHNy··········

The EQUAL Condition Flag is set. Since UPPERCASE was specified, John was converted to JOHN.

Example 4:

PARSE

NAME,OUTPUT,"AZaz",BLANKFILL

	Variable	PL	FP	LP	Contents
Before:	NAME	25	9	14	John Q. Public···········
	OUTPUT	15	6	9	ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO

After:	NAME	25	14	14	John Q. Public···········
	OUTPUT	15	1	15	Public·········

The EQUAL Condition Flag is set. OUTPUT is blank filled and the Length Pointer is equal to the Physical Length because the BLANKFILL option was used. The LESS Condition Flag is set. The last character of the source string was encountered without finding an invalid character.