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FIND - section_of
Other versions: 7.31 | 7.40 | 7.54
Syntax
... SECTION [OFFSET off] [LENGTH len] OF ...
Effect
This addition restricts the search of the statements FIND
and REPLACE in dobj to the section from the
offset specified in off
with the length specified in len. Without the addition, the whole data object is searched. off and len are
numeric expression
positions of operand type i. At least one of the additions OFFSET or LENGTH must be specified.
If an offset is specified without specifying the length, the data object dobj
is scanned from the offset off to its end. If a length is specified but no
offset, the offset 0 is used implicitly. The values of off and len
must be greater than or equal to 0 and the section specified by off and len must be located within the length of dobj.
Example
The FIND statement searches from offset 12 and finds the "html" substring at offset 20.
FIND 'html' IN SECTION OFFSET 12
OF `<html><body>This is html</body></html>`
MATCH OFFSET DATA(moff).
cl_demo_output=>display( moff ).