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Hello,

This doth sound trivial; but I am stuck.
How do I SRCHFOR the below string:


I have tried a few combinations replacing the ' with '', but it is the comma which is giving me trouble; without the comma in the search string, it returns results (which includes strings - ABC'; whereas I need to search only ABC',); though asa the comma is added, the Invalid Parameter error is popped (this is irrespective of the many combinations attempted, just not able to find the right one):



Thanks.

To use a quote in a quoted string, double the quote. It's a pretty universal rule...

Hi Prino,

Yup, manual does say about replacing ' by two single quotes in case the search string contains the same; the problem here is- a comma following the single quote in the SEARCH string; when this combination is being presented (as shown in the below example), the SEARCHFOR goes for a toss, throws the error (as shown in the previous post).

Thanks.

Did you try quoting the string, "something'',"?

Hello Billy,

Yup; I have tried either of the below as well:

"something''," --> double quotes
''something'',' --> two single quotes
''something'','
'something'',''... and many more of the above combinations....

All of them give the same error as reported before.

Thanks.

<Edit: The problem is arising because of the comma which follows the single quotes; is there a way to handle that>

did You try with

"(quote)any arbitrary string with apostrophes ( ')"(quote)

Hello Enrico,

I remember trying this also; though just popped it again for double confirmation, this is what I tried:



The error:



Thanks.

<Edit: Though my understanding is if there is an apostrophe in the search string then it should be replaced with two single quotes for the system to understand that there is an apostrophe in the search string. On trying the same embedded in the aforementioned search string, it didn't show correct result.>

prino wrote:To use a quote in a quoted string, double the quote. It's a pretty universal rule...

Did you actually follow this advice?

NO, YOU DID NOT!

This, tested, works without any problems:

Hello Prino,

Given below is the step by step process I've followed:

1. My job card has the following string to be searched:



2. I entered the below command:




3. The Final Outcome is as below:





At this point I am really unsure of what part I missed out following; I did try a fair amount of permutations and combinations, all of them failing for just this one case, chars followed by an apostrophe, subsequently followed by a comma.
We're currently on ISPF 6.1, z/OS 1.12; unsure how this might help, but just in case...

Just a footnote, same thing when done in batch-mode, works.

Thanks again.

Invoke SRCHFOR without parameter.