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INSPECT, TALLYING and then REPLACING
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maxsubrat

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 11:38 am
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Hi i have a requirement like:

data : CCYYMMDDHHMMSSXXXXXX

i want to use inspect when this data 'CCYYMMDDHHMMSSXXXXXX' found then i need to replace it with current time stamp in my cobol program..

Please help me out..
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dick scherrer

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 11:48 am
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Hello,

Is the value always in the same data position? Can the value occur multiple times in a record?

If the data position can vary, i'd use a loop and reference modification rather than INSPECT.
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