TAA Tools
SCNVARRGT2      SCAN VARIABLE RIGHT 2                  TAACLTT

The Scan Variable Right  2 command scans a variable (up  to 5000 bytes)
for  either the length  of the data  or for  a string.   SCNVARRGT2 can
help  determine the length of  the data in a  large variable or where a
string of characters begins.

SCNVARRGT is a  similar tool for smaller  variables (up to 500  bytes).
The RTVVALA  command is  a similar  tool for variables  up to  50 bytes
and  also  provides  more  return values  such  as  the  type  of data,
whether it is a name, etc.

A typical series of SCNVARRGT2 commands would be:

             DCL        &RTNPOS *DEC LEN(5 0)
              .
             SCNVARRGT2 VAR(&xxx) RTNPOS(&RTNPOS)
                          STRING(*NONBLANK)

Or to scan for a string of ABC:

             SCNVARRGT2 VAR(&xxx) RTNPOS(&RTNPOS)
                          STRING(ABC)

SCNVARRGT2 escape messages you can monitor for
----------------------------------------------

None.  Escape messages from based on functions will be re-sent.

SCNVARRGT2 Command parameters                         *CMD
-----------------------------

   VAR           The character variable to be  scanned.  It can be  all
                 blank.   A  maximum of  5000 bytes  is supported,  but
                 the variable can be shorter in length.

   RTNPOS        The  return position  for where  the value  was found.
                 It must be declared as *DEC  LEN(5 0).  If not  found,
                 a zero  is returned  (not an  escape message).   If  a
                 string  is  specified,   the  leftmost  position  that
                 matches is returned.

   STRPOS        The  rightmost start  position to begin  the scan from
                 the  right.    The  default  is  5000.     To  improve
                 performance  of the  scan, specify  the length  of the
                 VAR  value  that  is  being scanned.    It  must  be a
                 number between 1  and 5000.   The  STRPOS value  minus
                 the length  of the STRING  value must be  greater than
                 or equal to 0.

   STRING        The  string to  scan for.    The default  is *NONBLANK
                 which means  the  rightmost non-blank  character.    A
                 string of up  to 20 characters  can be specified.   If
                 a  string is  specified, trailing  blanks  are trimmed
                 off  to determine the  length of the  compare.  An all
                 blank string  is invalid  and an  escape message  will
                 be sent.

                 To  scan for  an embedded  blank, surround  the string
                 with quotes such as 'A C'.

                 To  scan  for  lower case,  surround  the  string with
                 quotes such as 'abc'.


Restrictions
------------

Because SCNVARRGT2 returns  a parameter, the command  may only be  used
in CL program.

Prerequisites
-------------

The following TAA Tools must be on your system:

     SNDESCINF       Send escape information
     SNDESCMSG       Send escape message

Implementation
--------------

None, the tool is ready to use.

Objects used by the tool
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   Object        Type    Attribute      Src member    Src file
   ------        ----    ---------      ----------    ----------

   SCNVARRGT2    *CMD                   TAACLTT       QATTCMD
   TAACLTTC      *PGM       CLP         TAACLTTC      QATTCL
					

Added to TAA Productivity tools July 15, 2011


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