Question

Can we replace part of data with another string in Mainframe?
e.g. Suppose I have a PS of length 80.
From col 72 to 80 some line numbers are present.
I want to change these line numbers by particular string say TEST.
Can we use any form of “C ALL” to achieve this???
ABC File—

=COLS> -1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
000004    text123                                                      12360002
000005    textabc                                                      12370002

Regards,
Saisha

Answer 1

You can do this in the ISPF editor (which is clear from your example) easily: C p‘#’ ‘TEST’ 72-80 will replace any numeric string in columns 72 through 80 with “TEST”.