Author: dudenithy
Subject: Re: Reply to: Wildcard logic in COBOL
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2016 9:21 pm (GMT 5.5)
Yes, the rule is absolutely right and the Standard one.
Regarding combination ?*, my logic still works. combination *? will not work. My above mentioned restriction rule must be corrected. Thanks.
Subject: Re: Reply to: Wildcard logic in COBOL
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2016 9:21 pm (GMT 5.5)
| enrico-sorichetti wrote: |
| If ... * stands for 0 or more chars ? stands for one char a combination ?* is legal ... it requests for at last one char anyway unless You want to be pedantic if the pattern analysis is done properly any mix of * and ? should work... |
Yes, the rule is absolutely right and the Standard one.
Regarding combination ?*, my logic still works. combination *? will not work. My above mentioned restriction rule must be corrected. Thanks.
