[Info-vax] DCL and scripting

[Dave Froble]

On 12/11/2018 9:20 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 12/11/2018 3:11 PM, Jairo Alves wrote:
>>> F$REGEX_MATCH would not be that difficult.
>>
>> Suggestion:
>>
>>   F$REGEX(input_string, regex_query, output_rule, modifiers)
>>
>> For example:
>>
>> $ str = "11-DEC-2018 17:24"
>> $ str = F$REGEX(str, "(\d{2})-(\w+)-(\d{4})", -
>>                  "$3_$2_$1", "UNGREEDY,CASE_INSENSITIVE")
>>
>> $ wr sys$output str
>> "2018_DEC_11"
>
> I think this is really F$REGEX_REPLACE.
>
> Arne
>

Not casting a handful of mud and such at anyone, but that is ugly, and 
at least for me giberish.  I don't want to even try to understand it.

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