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[Meena_ramanathan]

Hi,

I want to get the count of the number of delimiters
Eg:
abcd|abcd|abcd

In this case i want to get the count of the "|" symbol.Is there any function in cobol which can do this or is there more options in UNSTRING or in INSPECT which can give me the count.

Thanks
Meena

[kolusu]

Meena_ramanathan,

It is quite simple task, all you need is an inspect statement. try this

[Meena_ramanathan]

Thank U , it just worked fine