Hi, maybe something like this can help you,

vspath="/opt/uat/eur/sources/sqr/file"
vsexit="N"
while (vsexit="N")
    vspath=$replace(vspath,1,$syntax("/&*/"),"/",-1)
    if($scan(vspath,"/")=$rscan(vspath,"/"))
        vsexit="Y"
        vspath=vspath[2]
    endif
endwhile
 

Regards, Rafa.

Hi

Thanks for reply it seems $replace is a better way of achieveing my goal , thanks for pointing to that

however it gives output as 

-rwxrwxr-x    1 smt2uxb  smt2uxb       28561 May 12 2010   uat a c c c/ftp_make.sqr:1

 $syntax("/&*/")   how does it work ? I mean if  we can trac patter like /opt/uat/eur/a/b/c/c/c/c/c/  ( /*/) then it will be done in one single command  

text_to_view="-rwxrwxr-x    1 smt2uxb  smt2uxb       28561 May 12 2010  /opt/uat/eur/a/b/c/c/c/c/c/ftp_make.sqr:1"
text_to_view=$replace(text_to_view,1,$syntax("/&*/")," ", -1)

That pattern finds /any character/ , if you do
$replace(text_to_view,1,$syntax("/&*/")," ", -1)

you replace /opt/   uat  /eur/  a   /b/   c   /c/   c   /c/   c/ --> uat a c c c/ftp_make.sqr

look at the example;
while (..)
    $replace(text_to_view,1,$syntax("/&*/"),"/", -1)
endwhile

at the end of the first loop you get
/opt/uat/eur/a/b/c/c/c/c/c/ftp_make.sqr -->/uat/a/c/c/c/ftp_make.sqr
in the second
/uat/a/c/c/c/ftp_make.sqr-->/a/c/ftp_make.sqr
the third
/a/c/ftp_make.sqr-->/c/ftp_make.sqr
and finally
/c/ftp_make.sqr-->/ftp_make.sqr

Modify the instruction to end the while cause in 8.4 rscan not exist.

Regards, Rafa.

thanks it worked ,

always running scan througl a long text results in unacceptable performance.

So at first separate the file so you work always with a single line.
 

if you use the current uniface version, there is a "scan from right side" $rscan to speed up processing.

Using an external file gives you the alternative to apply regular-expression replacement (outside of uniface)
and just load the resulting file.

Uli

P.S: If it is an external file you can use USEQREAD to read it line-by-line with lightspeed processing.
AND you reduce memory consumption from "the whole filesize" down to "the longest line"

uniface version is 8.4 and hence it seems rscan is not working

... and 8.4 is NOT the current version I mentioned

From my personal archives: a "rightscan avant la lettre", which will work in Uniface version 8 and below:

entry RIGHTSCAN
params
   string  pi_string   : IN
   string  pi_profile  : IN
   numeric po_position : OUT
endparams
variables
   numeric lv_len_profile
   string  lv_characters
endvariables

length pi_profile
lv_len_profile = $result

length pi_string
po_position   = $result - lv_len_profile + 1
lv_characters = pi_string[po_position:lv_len_profile]
while(lv_characters != pi_profile & po_position > 0)
   po_position   = po_position - 1
   lv_characters = pi_string[po_position:lv_len_profile]
endwhile
end
 

Usage example:
call RIGHTSCAN(u_glab.ucrelsh, "_", lv_positie)
 

uniface version is 8.4 and hence it seems rscan is not working

So it would have been better if you posted this in the Uniface 8 part of the forum...

i have moved it to 8.4

because uniface is terrible slow handling longer texts and does not provide enough string manipulation routines I recommend external processing.

Using GAWK.EXE (open source awk for windows) a simple command line (use a SPAWN or activate OSCOMMAND) will do the job:

C:\\#mig_awk>gawk " {sub(/\\/.*\\//,'',$0);print}" < lalitpct.in
***00-RETURN: Listing Files:
-rwxrwxr-x    1 smt2uxb  smt2uxb       28561 May 12 2010  ftp_make.sqr:1
-rwxrwxr-x    1 smt2uxb  smt2uxb       28560 May 13 2010  ftp_make.sqr
 

it's fast, straight foreward so why spend time and energy in doing it otherwise.

And if you got the info from a unix system, why not ask if someone can "pipe" this awk command into the preparation sequence ?

Uli

Hello

i dont remember in what version uniface introduce the $itemcount , $itemnr but if these commands are available to your version you can simply translate your string in list and get the last element from list

vsFileName = "-rwxrwxr-x    1 smt2uxb  smt2uxb       28560 May 13 2010  /opt/uat/eur/sources/sqr/ftp_make.sqr"

;The ; is the golden ;
vsFullPath = $ItemNr($ItemCount($Replace(vsFullPath,1,"/","·;",-1)),$Replace(vsFullPath,1,"/","·;",-1))

;Result Is :
; vsFullPath = "ftp_make.sqr"

Without $itemcount it is possibile to use

vsFullPath = $ItemNr(-1,$Replace(vsFullPath,1,"/","·;",-1))

to extract the last element from the list.

Yes marco

this is possible after some patching ( if i remember well ) in uniface

cause in first edititions of uniface that can handle $itemnr ( i think ~ 8 or 9 ) had a bug with -1

cheers