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Asked: 2026-05-27T22:06:33+00:00

I’m trying to use the INSPECT clause to see if a name (PIC X)

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I’m trying to use the INSPECT clause to see if a name (PIC X) contains a certain substring.

When I use 

INSPECT NAME TALLYING COUNTER FOR ALL "lee"

The program works as expected,

When I replace the “lee” with a variable the command doesn’t find anything.

...
WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
   01  ZOEKTERM   PIC X(40).
...
MOVE "lee" TO ZOEKTERM
INSPECT NAAM TALLYING COUNTER FOR ALL ZOEKTERM

Can anyone explain why this is happening and what I can do about it?

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  1. Editorial Team

    The fix is to explictly specify the length.

    ...
WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
   01  ZOEKTERM   PIC X(40).
   01  ZOEKTERM-LEN PIC S9(4) COMP.
...
MOVE "lee" TO ZOEKTERM
MOVE 3 TO ZOEKTERM-LEN 
INSPECT NAAM TALLYING COUNTER FOR ALL ZOEKTERM(1:ZOEKTERM-LEN)
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