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Don't give up on INSPECT - it can probably do the task!

Not sure what you are trying to do exactly - not sure what  "f. eks." means.

An example would help us understand what you are trying to accomplish.

If you are trying to change "ABC2EFG" to "ABC*EFG", then the following will
work nicely:

 INSPECT WORD REPLACING FIRST "1" BY "*"
                        FIRST "2" BY "*"
                        FIRST "3" BY "*"
                                etc.





-----Original Message-----
From: R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr. [mailto:rbruceh@attglobal.net]
Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 9:05 AM
To: cobol400-l@midrange.com
Subject: Re: Inspect vs numeric testing.


----- Original Message -----
From: <geir.kildal@entragroup.com>
To: <COBOL400-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 7:17 AM
Subject: Inspect vs numeric testing.


> I'm wondering if there is a possibility  to get first non-numeric
character in a string replaced by f. eks. '*'?  I have checked the
> INSPECT-statement without finding a solution.


ah, the homework problem rises again... <VBG>

inspect and unstring by themselves won't get this done.
It's pretty much the same in any language... iterate through the string,
apply class tests, keep count and then substring.

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R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr.
 -- IBM Certified Specialist - iSeries Administrator
 -- IBM Certified Specialist - RPG IV Developer

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  that's how the light gets in.
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