To Remove SPACE and HYPHEN

Jerin Joseph · New User Joined: 03 Aug 2009 Posts: 6 Location: bangalore

I have one filed with max of 28 character length(Alphanumeric filed).In this at any place there may be one HYPHEN or SPACE will be present I need to remove this hyphen and space and to combine the data.How this cab be done..??

For Example: 123456-8910 like this i need to change this to 1234568910
123456<> 8910 like this need to chnage to 1234568910

<> indicating a presence of space.

Robert Sample · Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 4:39 pm

You could tell us which language you need to implement this in -- since the choice of language influences the method used.

Jerin Joseph · New User Joined: 03 Aug 2009 Posts: 6 Location: bangalore

The language is COBOL

Robert Sample · Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 4:43 pm

Use Reference Modification. If you don't know about it, use the manuals link at the top of the page to get to the COBOL Language Reference manual and read up on it. If you have specific questions about using it, please post again.

Terry Heinze · Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 7:56 pm

To add to Robert's suggestion, using reference modification, define an output field and move the input field characters, skipping over the hyphens and spaces, one at a time to the output field.