How to place null characters in a record -- RPG400-L

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Subject: How to place null characters in a record
From: "PAPWORTH Paul" <Paul.Papworth@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 10:37:46 +0100
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We have a file which is 4000 bytes long and contains just one field
(X(4000)). I would appreciate any suggestions  for how to place null
characters (Hex '00') in all the unused bytes after the data. Ideally in
RPG but Cobol would be ok.

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