The INSPECT statement counts or replaces occurrences of single
characters or groups of characters in a data item.
Format 3 -
INSPECT src-string TALLYING
{
{ tally-ctr FOR
{
{
{ [ { BEFORE } ] } }
{ CHARACTERS [ { AFTER } INITIAL delim-val ] ... } ... } ...
{ { ALL } {
{ { LEADING } { compare-val
{
[{ BEFORE } ] } } }
[{ AFTER } INITIAL delim-val ] ... } ... } ... } ...
REPLACING
{ CHARACTERS BY replace-char [{ BEFORE } INITIAL delim-val] ... }
{ [{ AFTER } ] }
{ { ALL } } ...
{ { LEADING } { compare-val BY replace-val
{ { FIRST }
[ { BEFORE } INITIAL delim-val ] ... } ... }
[ { AFTER } ] } }
Additional Information:
explode
extract