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[ramlak]

Hi,

I have question regarding SORT, is there a way of using the CHANGE and NOMATCH command for replacing multiple occurence of the same string.

example

input file has 1574 bytes.

from the position 13 to 1574 anywhere the
string ',.,..,000000.' Can occur,

The above string is a set of 13 characters where in the record other than these strings other fields would be like
',X,YY,NNNNNNN'

string ',.,..,000000.' all these in a record should be changed to spaces.

note '.'(dot) in the example is the nothing but x'00'

would be great if somebody can enlighten me ?

[vkphani]

Pls do a search before posting. Check teh below link.

http://www.mvsforums.com/helpboards/viewtopic.php?t=8166&highlight=replace

[Nic Clouston]

and please use the Utilities section
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Utility and Program control cards are NOT, repeat NOT, JCL.

[ramlak]

Anyway my question is different i think,
my search string can appear anywhere in my input file,

and if it appears i need to change it to spaces that is from position
13 - 1574...

thanks for the help

[kolusu]

ramlak,

Sort products do not have capablity of replacing the string at unknown position. Altseq can be used but it is limited to one to one string comparision. However if you have file-aid then you can use the following control cards

[ramlak]

Thanks kolusu thats what i was exactly lookin for .. but when i try running the fileaid it gives me the below error,

[ramlak]

I had a atypo in the outout field name DD010 instead of DD01O

Thanks once again for helping with immediate and response.

[ramlak]

kolusu,

what does the OUT=0 command means also can you let me
know any good FILEAID manual ?

[kolusu]

[ramlak]

Thanks for the info Kolusu, you r simply amazing......

[Frank Yaeger]