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		| MAUIGIRL Beginner
 
 
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				|  Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 8:44 pm    Post subject: how do I make a global change in column using hex (in Cobol) |   |  
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				| In tso there is a way to make a global change using some hex command that I have forgotton how to use.  Here is an example of what I am talking about. 
 EDIT       339C19A.T46F8B0B.SRC           Columns
 Command ===> c '016' '   ' 1 all                              Scro
 ==CHG>    900     05 WS-FROM-CC           PIC X(2).
 ==CHG>    000     05 WS-FROM-YY           PIC X(2).
 ==CHG>    100     05 FILLER               PIC X(1) VALUE '-'.
 ==CHG>    200     05 WS-FROM-MM           PIC X(2).
 
 The command that I'm looking for is something like this
 
 c hex(^'      ')  '        '  1  all .   thats not the correct command, but I thought maybe it would trigger someone's  thoughts.  It reads like this Change everything in column one that is not equal spaces to spaces.
 
 If anyone could shed some light I would greatly appreciate it.
 
 Thanks,
 MauiGirl
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		| semigeezer Supermod
 
 
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				|  Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 11:06 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| for this spcial case, use  which changes everything in column 1 to spaces including spaces, but that is OK for your description.  Have a look at the help (F1) for information on picture strings.   ISPF edit and browse do not have a 'not' operation in the FIND and CHANGE commands, though there is a picture string that uses the 'not' character (which you can also use in your case) that represents non-blank characters. [code:1:101d7a9454]C P'
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		| prgaj1 Beginner
 
 
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				|  Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 3:56 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| One use P for special characters but one can also use - "X"....  if you would like all space colon to space comma you would have the following code 
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 C X'405E' X'406B' all
 
 You will first have to set HEX ON to be able to see your hex characters
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