Is it possible to check for more than 1 value in a EXAMINE SUBSTRING?

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Hi. Is it possible to check for more than one value in a EXAMINE SUBSTRING? For example: this code below tests if the first position of the variable #REGISTER-CODE is equal ‘S’ only.

EXAMINE SUBSTRING (#REGISTER-CODE, 1, 1) ‘S’ GIVING #NUMBER

But in case I need to check if the 1st position is equal to ‘S’ or ‘D’ or ‘P’, is there a way to do this? To check for more values in this statement?

I mean, something like this (but it doesn’t work :confused: ):

EXAMINE SUBSTRING (#REGISTER-CODE, 1, 1) ‘S’, ‘D’, ‘P’ GIVING #NUMBER

Thanks in advance.

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Don’t have access to an editor anymore but isn’t it as simple as

If substring (variable,1,1) = ‘S’ or = ‘D’ or = ‘P’

Mick Fitzpatrick - 301-529-8022
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For a single character, use Mick’s IF example. EXAMINE is used to interrogate a string.

DEFINE DATA LOCAL
1 #STRING (A10)    INIT <'Pb3De6Sh!P'>
1 #SEEK (A1/3)     INIT <'D', 'P', 'S'>
1 #FOUND (I4)
END-DEFINE
WRITE '=' #STRING
EXAMINE #STRING FOR #SEEK (*) GIVING NUMBER #FOUND
WRITE '=' #FOUND
END

#STRING: Pb3De6Sh!P
#FOUND:           4
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