Triggers that use a regular expression
The following TRIGGER parameter examples use regular expressions to search for strings.
The following trigger parameter causes ACIF to search for the string "PAGE 1". The search
will start in column one and continue until the end of each record.
CPGID=37
TRIGGER1=*,*,REGEX='PAGE 1',(TYPE=GROUP)
The following trigger parameter causes ACIF
to search for a string containing four uppercase letters followed by three digits. The regular
expression must match the text starting in column 10.CPGID=1141
TRIGGER2=*,10,REGEX='[A-Z]{4}[0-9]{3}',(TYPE=FLOAT)
The following trigger parameter
causes ACIF to search in columns 15 through 18 for a string containing the letter "P" followed by
three lowercase letters. The TYPE is GROUP by default.CPGID=500
TRIGGER1=*,15:18,REGEX=X'D74A8160A95AC0F3D0'
/* regular expression is P[a-z]{3} */