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&pos — scanning position
&subject — subject of scanning
=s — match string in scanning
any — locate initial character
bal — locate balanced characters
find — find string
many — move scanning position
match — match initial string
move — move scanning position
pos — test scanning position
s ? expr — scan string
Span — span a set of characters
tab — set scanning position
upto — locate characters
v<–>v — exchange values reversibly
v<–x — assign value reversibly

Index of Function Types:
affects &pos
character sets
co-expressions
control structures
file processing
generators
infix operations
keywords
lists, sets and tables
math
metadata
output formatting
pattern matching
prefix operations
records
strings
windows and keyboards

Index of Subsystems:
base
digitcnt.icn
SNOBOL4 functions
 
locate characters
 
Description

i3, i4, ... in upto(c, s, i1, i2)
upto(c, s, i1, i2) generates the sequence of integer positions in s preceding a character of c in s[i1:i2]. It fails if there is no such position.
 
Parameters
c
cset of characters to scan up to
s
subject string
i1
initial position in s to scan
i2
end position in s to scan
returns
successive string positions or fail
 
Defaults
s
&subject
i1
&pos if s is defaulted, else 1
i2
0
 
Errors
101 i1 or i2 is not an integer
103 s is not a string
104 c is not a cset
 
See Also
  • bal — locate balanced characters
  • find — find string