using wildcards in an "if" statement

[Rick Murray]

I am attempting to use a wildcard for "164100" in the following, but not having any success.  When I leave in 164100 it work fine.  When I use a wildcard there, it doesnt match

Have tried * and ??????

Any suggestions on what I am missing

:IF &STATUS# <> "&TODAY_CCYYMMD#164100_CAMT053_FULL"
:SET &SENDADDR1="[e-mail]"
:SET   &CCADDR1=""
:SET &SUBJECT="Foconis - CAMT file not available today"
:SET &EMAIL_BODY="Foconis - CAMT file not available today - &STATUS#"
:SET &OUT = SEND_MAIL('&SENDADDR1','&CCADDR1','&SUBJECT','&EMAIL_BODY',)

:PUT_VAR VARA.CLIENT.LEVEL,'FOCONISCAMT',"N"

:ELSE

:PUT_VAR VARA.CLIENT.LEVEL,'FOCONISCAMT',"Y"

:ENDIF

[Rick Murray]

Joel (pemautomic.com) provided me with the fix.

IF - comparisons are case sensitive and do not support wildcards. What should work for your scenario is STR_MATCH:
 

STR_MATCH compares two strings and supports wildcards (is, however, still case sensitive). It will return "Y" on match and "N" on no-match.

 

This would turn your script line:

:IF &STATUS# <> "&TODAY_CCYYMMD#*_CAMT053_FULL

 Into this:

:IF STR_MATCH(&STATUS#, "&TODAY_CCYYMMD#*_CAMT053_FULL") EQ "N"