scan(3I)

NAME
     SCAN - Scans a string for any one of the characters in a set of
     characters

SYNOPSIS
     SCAN ([STRING=]string, [SET=]set [,[BACK=]back])

IMPLEMENTATION
     UNICOS, UNICOS/mk, IRIX systems

     CF90, MIPSpro 7 Fortran 90

STANDARDS
     Fortran

DESCRIPTION
     The SCAN intrinsic function scans a string for any one of the
     characters in a set of characters.  It accepts the following
     arguments:

     string    Must be of type character.

     set       Must be of type character.

     back      Must be of type logical.  If back is omitted, a value of
               false is assumed.

     SCAN is an elemental function.  The name of this intrinsic cannot be
     passed as an argument.

RETURN VALUES
     SCAN returns the character position of the first character in string
     that matches any characters in set.  The result is a default integer.

     If back is absent or present with value false and if string contains
     at least one character that is in set, the value of the result is the
     position of the leftmost character of string that is in set.

     If back is present with the value true, and if string contains at
     least one character that is in set, the value of the result is the
     position of the rightmost character of string that is in set.

     SCAN returns zero if no character in string is in set, or if the
     length of string is zero.

EXAMPLES
     Example 1:  The statement SCAN('FORTRAN', 'TR') returns the value 3.

     Example 2:  The statement SCAN('FORTRAN', 'TR', BACK=.TRUE.) returns
     the value 5.

     Example 3:  The statement SCAN('FORTRAN', 'BCD') returns the value 0.

SEE ALSO
     Intrinsic Procedures Reference Manual for the printed version of this
     man page.