COBOL Manual for TNS and TNS/R Programs

Procedure Division Verbs
HP COBOL Manual for TNS and TNS/R Programs—522555-006
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INSPECT REPLACING
position
marks a starting and ending place for a replacement cycle. It follows the
same item rules as replace-string. A CHARACTERS phrase, ALL
phrase, LEADING phrase, or FIRST phrase can have a single BEFORE
phrase, a single AFTER phrase, or one BEFORE phrase and one AFTER
phrase in either order.
BEFORE
specifies that scanning is up to but not including the character or
characters matching delim-string. If INSPECT does not find
delim-string in source-string, it scans all of source-string.
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.
BEFORE
AFTER INITIAL
delim-string
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