Regarding REPLACE option in the Copybook

suganthyprabha · New User Joined: 28 Jul 2005 Posts: 58

Hi Friends,

I am having doubt in Copy book.

FD IN-FILE
LABEL RECORDS ARE STANDARD
RECORDING MODE IS F
BLOCK CONTAINS 0 RECORDS.

01 IN-REC.
REPLACE ==::::== BY ==CCC==.
COPY AAA.
REPLACE OFF.

Can u guys plese let me know about What does the following mean.

REPLACE ==::::== BY ==CCC==.
COPY AAA.
REPLACE OFF.

What does BLOCK CONTAINS 0 RECORDS mean?

I have searched the forum, but i couldn't able to find it. Please let me
know abt that .

Thanks and Regards,
Suganthy.

jon_s_rice · Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 3:14 am

The replace statement will replace every occurance of :::: with CCCC.
The block contains 0 records lets the operating system determine the number of records per block.