• Regular Expressions and RPG.

*Result*: Regular Expressions and RPG.

Title:
Regular Expressions and RPG.
Authors:
Caulfield, Craig1 ccaulf1@bigpond.net.au
Source:
iSeries NEWS. Jul2005, Issue 309, Special Section p19-25. 7p. 13 Diagrams.
Subject Terms:
RPG (Computer program language), Java programming language, Programming languages, Text processing (Computer science), Electronic data processing
Database:
Supplemental Index

*Further Information*

*Discusses how the Report Program Generator (RPG) can draw on the wealth of functionality offered by third-party Java libraries and how one such library can bring regular expression processing to RPG. Basic ideas about the target text specified by metacharacters and literals; Process of obtaining and installing the Java Regular Expression Software; Methods of using regular expressions in RPG. INSET: Some Cool Things to Do with Regular Expressions.*