Action statements

Action statements execute the standardization rules which are the actions associated with the pattern of tokens in the Pattern-Action file.

Any action referring to a field that is not defined in the dictionary definition file is ignored.

• Copying information
  The COPY action copies information from a source to a target.
• Moving information
  You can use MOVE to move a user variable or a dictionary column to a dictionary column.
• Concatenating information
  The CONCAT action and the PREFIX action provides two actions for concatenating information in the Standardize stage.
• Converting information
  
• Retyping tokens
  An optional token class can follow the TKN keyword.
• Retyping multiple tokens
  A special pattern-action set is available for retyping multiple occurrences of a token.
• Retyping operands
  The RETYPE action is used to change the type of an operand in the token table, optionally change its value, and optionally change its abbreviation.
• Patterning
  This statement generates the pattern for the active token set.
• User overrides for domain pre-processor rule sets
  You can create overrides for Domain Pre-Processor rule sets.
• User overrides for domain-specific rule sets
  You can create an override statement for Domain-Specific rule sets.
• Setting margins
  You can restrict pattern-action sets by setting left and right margins.
• SOUNDEX phonetic coding
  
• Terminating pattern matching
  
• Calling subroutines
  Subroutines are available to facilitate fast processing.
• Writing subroutines
  A subroutine is delimited in a manner similar to the POST actions.
• Performing actions repetitively
  Use the REPEAT action to execute the preceding pattern and its associated action set repetitively until the pattern fails to match.
• Summary of sources and targets
  

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This topic is also in the IBM WebSphere QualityStage Pattern Action Reference.

Last updated: 2008-09-30