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INSPECT and EXAMINE

What is the difference between INSPECT & EXAMINE?

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Last Update: September 11, 2009 Asked by: aratik

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Submitted by: prasenjit_in

Inspect and examine both perform the same function's.Only difference is that Inspect is far more powerful than Examine and the latter has been removed from later versions of COBOL.

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October 28, 2008 09:32:59

prasenjit_in

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RE: INSPECT and EXAMINE

Inspect and examine both perform the same function's.Only difference is that Inspect is far more powerful than Examine and the latter has been removed from later versions of COBOL.

Piece Of Advice-----before putting up anything and everything regarding mainframe why dont you first try googling :)

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July 21, 2009 20:32:01

Rachell

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RE: INSPECT and EXAMINE

INSPECT and EXAMINE are STRING verbs of COBOL.

wheres EXAMINE has been removed from later versions of COBOL.

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August 14, 2009 04:21:53

masti.mainframe

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RE: INSPECT and EXAMINE

INSPECT and Examine Both are same examine was used in cobol version-I and
Inspect is using in COBOL Version_II. Both has the same functionality to
calculate the numbers of characters in the string by tallying.

Syntax

INSPECT (indintifier-1) Tallying { FOR all ( literals-1 ) } Leading Replace by

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September 03, 2009 06:13:50

masti.mainframe

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RE: INSPECT and EXAMINE

Both are same meaning one is used in Cobol-II other in Cobol-I. According to syntax

INSPECT identifire-1 TALLYING identifier-2 FOR ALL identifire BEFORE identifire.
REPLACING LEADING AFTER
CONVERTING CHARACTERS
FIRST

EXAMINE identifire TALLYING identifier-2 FOR ALL identifire-3
REPLACING LEADING
FIRST CHARACTERS

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