Charles Mills wrote: >Classic MVS, not z/UNIX, and this is not a delimiter in a parameter file, this >is for a display (note the subject line). How do you signify a tab character >inside a displayed otherwise alphanumeric value?
Some suggestions: \t <-- 'Parm3=Foo\tBar' <tab> <-- 'Parm3=Foo<tab>Bar' <hex value> <-- 'Parm3=Foox'05'Bar' or just simply display an '*' with a note below that '*' is a "tab char". Thus: You display this: 'Parm3=Foo*Bar (Note * is a Tab Character) ' >I suppose that begs the question "how then *will* the user *specify* a tab?" >and that is indeed a good question that I have not yet answered. I would also ask the user, how does he/she entered 'Parm3=Foo<tab>Bar' in the first place? >I am going to have to solve the specify problem at some point. I would suggest that you use my suggestions above, because you need to display something valid and also at the same time prevent re-formatting of your display output. Alternatively, you should say to the client that you received an invalid character and end your program with some unique RC. Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
