Statement Replace Comments For Free

The main difference between INCLUDE and COPY statement is the PDS member with INCLUDE statement is expanded during pre-compilation while the PDS member with COPY statement is expanded during compilation.

Replacing. Replacing option is used to replace the string characters. INSPECT input-string REPLACING ALL char1 BY char2. input-string ? The string whose characters are to be replaced from char1 to char2.

The REPLACE statement is used to replace source text. A REPLACE statement can occur anywhere in the source text that a character-string can occur. It must be preceded by a separator period except when it is the first statement in a separately compiled program. It must ends with a separator period.

The text of the COPY file is copied unchanged into the source program unless the REPLACING option is used. If the REPLACING option is used, elements of the COPY file that match old-text or literal-1 are replaced by new-text or literal-2 .

The REPLACE statement provides a means of applying a change to an entire COBOL compilation group, or part of a compilation group, without manually having to find and modify all places that need to be changed. It is an easy method of doing simple string substitutions.

Here is one way to do it: Place the insertion point within the first comment in your document. ... Press Ctrl+H. ... Fill out the settings in the dialog box as desired. ... Click Find Next. ... Click on Replace or Find Next, as appropriate, until you've made all the changes desired in the comments.

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