Advanced parsing information

Advanced parsing includes parsing multiple strings, parsing with DBCS characters, and special cases.

Flow charts that depict a conceptual view of parsing are provided.

Parsing multiple strings
Only ARG and PARSE ARG can have more than one source string. To parse multiple strings, you can specify multiple comma-separated templates.
Combining string and positional patterns: a special case
There is a special case in which absolute and relative positional patterns do not work identically.
Parsing with DBCS characters
Parsing with DBCS characters generally follows the same rules as parsing with SBCS characters.
Details of steps in parsing
Figures that give a conceptual view of parsing are provided.

Parent topic: Parsing