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 CONVERTING

INSPECT CONVERTING performs a character-for-character replacement. It is easier

to express such a replacement with the CONVERTING phrase than it is with a series

of REPLACING ALL … BY … phrases.

source-string

is the identifier of an elementary item or data structure with USAGE DISPLAY.

Inspection proceeds from left to right within source-string.

match

compare-string

is the identifier of any type of 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. A character must not

appear more than once in compare-string.

replace-string

is the identifier of any type of elementary item with USAGE DISPLAY or a

nonnumeric literal, that defines what to replace the source-string

characters with. It can be a figurative constant that does not include the

keyword ALL, in which case it represents one character. The size of replace-

string and compare-string must be the same.

INSPECT source-string CONVERTING match

VST175.vsd

TO replace-stringcompare-string

position

VST173.vsd