I'm not sure which code page. They dropped TSPF decades ago; otherwise I would 
have been cheerfully buying upgrades.

Yes, I consider back references essential, and I certainly exploit them in TSPF 
and Perl scripts. I don't understand why ISPF regexen are so limited.


--
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3

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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf of 
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Sent: Monday, December 20, 2021 2:32 PM
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Subject: Re: Top 8 Reasons for using Python instead of REXX for z/OS

On Mon, 20 Dec 2021 18:22:49 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote:

>You can have my copy of Tritus SPF (TSPF) when they pry it out of my cold dead 
>fingers. EBCDIC, Hex. Really close compatibility to ISPF DM and ISPF/PDF EDIT.
>
Which EBCDIIC?  1047?  500?  037?  037-2?  880?  Others?  All>

> ... The regex syntax is somewhat klunky and minimal, but still quite useful.
>
Wouldn't it be nice if ISPF Edit Change  regex supported "back reference"?
<https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.5.0?topic=descriptions-sed-start-sed-noninteractive-stream-editor>

>Has anybody looked at BRIEF? THE?

-- gil

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