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chong.zhou

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 29, 2017 3:34 pm
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superk wrote:
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


Hi superK, but what if the semi-colons are in the middle of a string? Like below:

c 'A;B;C' 'A-B-C' all

I tried "AX'E5'B" and 'AX"E5"B', none worked. How do you put the X'5E' in the middle of a string? Thanks!
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 29, 2017 4:27 pm
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It is better to start a new topic, even if the question is related.

Now, two correct answers:
1. it is always possible to do multiple changes (first change X'5E' to something unusual like ~ [X'A1'], then change 'A~B~C' to whatever, then back from X'A1' to X'5E')

2. Change the command delimiter (Option 0 for ISPF Settings, change command delimiter to something unusual like ~) then 'A;B;C' will work.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 29, 2017 4:56 pm
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Do not resuurect old topics - 11 YEARS this has been sleeping quietly! Even 6 months is too long.
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chong.zhou

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 29, 2017 5:07 pm
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Marso wrote:
It is better to start a new topic, even if the question is related.

Now, two correct answers:
1. it is always possible to do multiple changes (first change X'5E' to something unusual like ~ [X'A1'], then change 'A~B~C' to whatever, then back from X'A1' to X'5E')

2. Change the command delimiter (Option 0 for ISPF Settings, change command delimiter to something unusual like ~) then 'A;B;C' will work.


Cool. I like the second idea, because sometimes the purpose of including semi-colons in the search pattern is just for more accurate matching.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 29, 2017 7:17 pm
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chong.zhou wrote:
c 'A;B;C' 'A-B-C' all

I tried "AX'E5'B" and 'AX"E5"B', none worked. How do you put the X'5E' in the middle of a string? Thanks!

For relatively short strings you also can code it whole in hex:
Code:
c  X'C1E5C2E5C3'  'A-B-C' all

Another (less safe) approach is, using "picture" characters
Code:
c  P'A$B$C'  'A-B-C' all

('$' stands for "any special character, neither alphabetic nor numeric")
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chong.zhou

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 29, 2017 8:10 pm
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Thank you sergeyken. Your 1st idea can't be better. Great!!
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 29, 2017 10:44 pm
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chong.zhou wrote:
Thank you sergeyken. Your 1st idea can't be better. Great!!

Whenever I was in need of making changes for a very sophisticated combinations of characters, first I used some combination of EXCLUDE/FIND commands - to display only those lines I was interested in, and then used "CHANGE NX ALL ..." command, for not to affect unexpected lines of code.
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