Main String

Enterprise COBOL library with string functions

Module Summary

Module Details

strpos

CALL "strpos" USING l-haystack, l-h-len, l-needle, l-n-len.

Find the position of the first occurrence of a substring. Case-sensitive.

Parameters

l-haystack String to search in l-h-len Size of l-haystack in bytes l-needle String to search for l-n-len Size of l-needle in bytes

Returns

Position where the needle exists relative to the beginnning of l-haystack. Returns 0 if not found.

stripos

CALL "stripos" USING l-haystack, l-h-len, l-needle, l-n-len.

Find the position of the first occurrence of a substring. Case-insensitive.

Parameters

l-haystack String to search in l-h-len Size of l-haystack in bytes l-needle String to search for l-n-len Size of l-needle in bytes

Returns

Position where the needle exists relative to the beginnning of l-haystack. Returns 0 if not found.

Usage

Install and initialize COBOL Package Manager:

$ npm install -g cobolget
$ cobolget init

Add the package to the Manifest:

$ cobolget add main-string
$ cobolget update

Install the package and its dependencies:

$ cobolget install
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Modules modules.cpy and modules.cbl updated.

Directory modules contains source-code of the package and modules.cbl ready for compliation and linking with your project.