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A
pattern
consists
of
a
series
of
the
following
sp ecial
c
haracters
that
indicate
the
t
yp e
of
data
that
can
b e
en
tered
in
that
p osition:
text
a
upper
or
lowercase
alphabetic
character
(A-Z,
a-z)
u
uppercase
alphabetic
character
(A-Z)
l
lowercase
alphabetic
character
(a-z)
b
blank
d
digit
(0-9)
?
any
character
Note:
A
pattern
m
ust
sp ecify
the
maximum
n
um
b er
of
c
haracters
allo w
ed
for
the
data
item
length.
Therefore,
to
nd
data
item
v
alues
of
v
arying
lengths,
y
ou
m
ust
sp ecify
that
the
rest
of
the
data
item
v
alue
is
lled
with
blanks.
Refer
to
the
discussion
of
rep etition
for
more
information.
The
b eginning
of
the
pattern
is
dened
b
y
a
b eginning
quotation
mark
and
the
end
is
dened
b
y
an
ending
quotation
mark.
QUER
Y
do es
not
read
spaces
as
blanks;
therefore,
y
ou
can
leav
e
spaces
inside
a
pattern
to
allo
w
for
b etter
readabilit
y
.
The
matching
pattern
can
include
sp ecic
c
haracters
in
addition
to
the
t
yp es
listed
ab o
v
e.
F
or
example:
MATCHING
"Aaa-dddd"
The
pattern
ab o
v
e
means
that
the
v
alue
m
ust
start
with
the
letter
\A"
follow
ed
b
y
an
y
t
w
o
upp er
or
low
ercase
letters,
follow
ed
b
y
a
h
yphen
and
an
y
four
digits.
F
or
example,
the
v
alues
\Acs-1234"
and
\AAA-9999"
are
acceptable,
but
the
v
alues
\Bcs-1223"
and
\A12-345"
are
not
acceptable.
T
r
ansp
ar
ency
A
sp ecial
op erator
can
b e
used
to
indicate
that
a
pattern
is
to
b e
used
as
an
actual
v
alue.
F
or
example,
supp ose
y
ou
w
an
t
the
low
ercase
letter
\a"
to
b e
an
exact
v
alue
in
the
pattern,
y
ou
can
do
this
b
y
preceding
it,
or
an
y
of
the
other
sp ecial
c
haracters,
with
an
exclamation
p oint
(!).
F
or
example:
MATCHING
"!ad"
V
alue
must
start
with
the
letter
\a"
follo w
ed
b
y
one
digit.
The
exclamation
p oint
(called
the
transparency
op erator)
is
also
used
to
allo
w
inclusion
of
an
y
of
the
pattern
op erators
listed
b elow
and
describ ed
in
T
able
3-2.
!
transparency
,
choice
:
range
{
}
grouping
[
]
optional
+
repetition
(1
or
more)
*
repetition
(0
or
more)
Choic
e
QUERY/V
COMMANDS
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