MPE/iX Intrinsics Reference Manual (32650-90875)

552 Chapter9
Command Definitions (MAIL-PUTJCW)
NLMATCH
NLMATCH
Compares a string against a pattern which has previously been compiled with the
NLMATCHINIT intrinsic.
Syntax
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result := NLMATCH( comp_pattern , string , length );
Functional Return
Zero is returned in result if the string matches the compiled comp_pattern . If there is
no match, the mismatch location is returned.
Parameters
comp_pattern Byte array (required)
A byte array containing the compiled form of a
comp_pattern as returned
by NLMATCHINIT.
A pattern consists of a series of special characters that indicate the type of
data to be selected. These characters are:
string Byte array (required)
The string to be compared against the
comp_pattern .
length Integer by value (required)
Length, in bytes, of the string to be compared.
Related Information
Intrinsics NLMATCHINIT
Manual Native Language Programmer's Guide
result Integer Error Meaning
1 NLS is not installed
2 The specified language is not configured
100+nn is the mismatch location