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Question
When I am in ISPF edit, and try to find a semicolon, if I say
FIND ';'
I get error message: ISRE060
Incomplete string
Put an ending quote at the end of the string.
How can I find a semicolon?
Answer
The problem is that the semi colon, ";" , is the ISPF command delimiter and ISPF processes the command prior to Edit ever getting any input. To avoid the problem you can either change the current command delimiter or do a find on the hex value. To find the hex value just type in F X'5E'. To change the command delimiter type in Settings. Look for the Command delimiter setting
Command delimiter . ;
Change this to a different character such as @. Then exit back to Edit and do your find on the semi-colon. When you are done type in Settings and reset the command delimiter value back to the semi-colon.
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17 November 2016
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