Bernd, I did some more reading and testing- and found that TRANSLATE(AS) allows to use CLI abc,C'=' and have the ascii code of = ---but for my ORGs it really seams like I have to resort to the EQU method (!!!)
-- Martin Pi_cap_CPU - all you ever need around MWLC/SCRT/CMT in z/VSE more at http://www.picapcpu.de
