what is wrong with this INSPECT?

[nxm150]

I can't see any obvious errors.

INSPECT WS-VCPY-DSN REPLACING ', ' BY 'VCPY,'.


"', '" WAS FOUND IN THE "INSPECT" STATEMENT. IT WAS NOT ALLOWED IN THIS CONTEXT. THE STATEMENT WAS DISCARDED.

 

[PHV]

Have you tried this ?
INSPECT WS-VCPY-DSN REPLACING ", " BY "VCPY,".

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[nxm150]

I don't think changing the ' to " will help. I looked at source code on a different program that has the inspcect and it uses the '

If it help, my filed is defined as

01 WS-VCPY-DSN PIC X(80).

 

[slade]

Hi NMX,

I think you're missing the required field before the lit:

Pick one:

ALL
LEADING
FIRST

Regards, Jack.

"A problem well stated is a problem half solved" -- Charles F. Kettering

 

[nxm150]

That worked. I didn't think I would need ALL LEADING OR FIRST since there was only 1 ',' in my literal.

 

[webrabbit]

It is required that you use one of the keywords. In your case, FIRST would reduce the amount of processing, since you say there is only one.

 

[k5tm]

It is not how many ',' are in the literal, but how many ", " are in WS-VCPY-DSN.

Tom Morrison

http://www.liant.com

 

[slade]

Hi NMX,

You can save yourself a lot of grief if you read the manual section that shows you how to interpret the syntax diagrams.

It identifies that field as required, not optional.

Regards, Jack.

"A problem well stated is a problem half solved" -- Charles F. Kettering