Author: dudenithy
Subject: Wildcard logic in COBOL
Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2016 7:36 pm (GMT 5.5)
Hello all,
I would like to know is there any efficient way of matching a value against a Parameter with multiple Wildcard mask "*"? For Parameter with multiple wildcard characters "?", and for a parameter with single symbol "*", it is simple. Now I have a challenge to cater multiple "*" in a parameter.
Example: 12*5*78. Values with 12578, 123578, 12345678 are accepted, but not like 123478, 125789, 1234567. Wildcard Symbol can be placed at any place of a value (*1234*, 12*5*78*9*, etc).
I have tried checking the efficient pseudo code, but couldn't get it![icon_eek.gif]()
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Could anyone help or suggest? Thanks.
Subject: Wildcard logic in COBOL
Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2016 7:36 pm (GMT 5.5)
Hello all,
I would like to know is there any efficient way of matching a value against a Parameter with multiple Wildcard mask "*"? For Parameter with multiple wildcard characters "?", and for a parameter with single symbol "*", it is simple. Now I have a challenge to cater multiple "*" in a parameter.
Example: 12*5*78. Values with 12578, 123578, 12345678 are accepted, but not like 123478, 125789, 1234567. Wildcard Symbol can be placed at any place of a value (*1234*, 12*5*78*9*, etc).
I have tried checking the efficient pseudo code, but couldn't get it
.Could anyone help or suggest? Thanks.