SUBSTRNG With Modifier (UC)

The UC modifier is used with the SUBSTRNG routine to detect the presence of one string of characters (field 1) within another string of characters (field 2) and perform matching. This routine requires one field defined from each record.

This routine compares field 1 from record 1 with field 1 from record 2 and detests whether field 1 from record 1 is a substring of field 1 from record 2. The score varies depending on the location of substring.

Scoring for SUBSTRNG (Modifier = UC)

Score	Description
100	First string is exactly the second string.
99	First string resides at the beginning or end of the second string.
98	First string resides within the second string.
97	Both strings are blank.
96	Only one string is blank.
0	Any other value.

 

Example

Record	Field 1
1	Jo
2	John

Score returned = 99 ("Jo" resides at the beginning of "John")

Note:

If there are spaces (full-width/half-width) in the middle of the field or before/after the field, the spaces will be ignored and only the text will be compared.

 

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