Incomplete string error with find or replace command

naveen_amudalapelly · New User Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 16

Hi,

When i m trying to find or replace a ';' with a single space ' ' it showing incomplete string.

following is the procedure i used

f ';' ' ' all

anyhelp in this regard wud be appreciated

naveen_amudalapelly · New User Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 16

sorry following procedure is used

for find f ';' all

for replace c ';' ' ' all

superk · Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2006 2:06 am

Since I'm sure that you're aware that the semi-colon ';' is the command delimiter for ISPF, you can't do what you're trying that way. The easiest thing to do is to use the hex representation of the semi-colon instead:

C X'5E' X'40' ALL or C X'5E' ' ' ALL

naveen_amudalapelly · New User Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 16

Thank you super K! i got it

mmwife · Super Moderator Joined: 30 May 2003 Posts: 1592

Hi K,

As far as I know: c ';' ' ' all should work.

The tougher one is: c"'" ' ' all (that's "c dbl quote single quote dbl quote")