COBOL Manual for TNS/E Programs (H06.08+, J06.03+)

AFTER
specifies that scanning starts at the position immediately following the character or
characters matching delim-string. If INSPECT does not find delim-string
in source-string, it does not scan source-string.
INITIAL
is for documentation only and has no effect.
delim-string
is the identifier of an elementary item with USAGE DISPLAY or a nonnumeric literal.
It can be a figurative constant that does not include the keyword ALL, in which case
it represents one character.
matching-replacement
defines the character-string being scanned for.
ALL
specifies that all occurrences of compare-string are replaced.
LEADING
specifies scanning for consecutive occurrences of compare-string beginning at the
current position within source-string. For example, REPLACING LEADING “0” replaces
only the first three zeros in “000120020.”
FIRST
specifies that only the first occurrence of compare-string is replaced.
compare-string
is the identifier of an elementary data item with USAGE DISPLAY or a nonnumeric literal.
It can be a figurative constant that does not include the keyword ALL, in which case it
represents one character. The compare-string is the character-string being sought.
replace-string
is an identifier of an elementary data item with USAGE DISPLAY or a nonnumeric literal.
It can be a figurative constant that does not include the keyword ALL, in which case it
represents one character. When replace-string and compare-string are used
together, they must be the same size.
position
is as described earlier for absolute-replacement.
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