Find a position in variable and update.

[Prem_mainframe]

Hi,

In a COBOL

Variable1 PIC X(36) value '0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'.

I want to firstly search the character, for example 'c', later want to update the character 'c' to '$'. In the output i need to display, the character position, chrrent value and the replaced value - how should I proceed for this.

Thank you

[Robert Sample]

Use INSPECT. It allows TALLYING as well as REPLACING.

[zprogrammer]

Just trying to understand :

Do you want to replace all 'c' in the given string?

[Prem_mainframe]

Yes, I wanted to replace all the 'c's.

[William Collins]

Use a loop with PERFORM.

[Prem_mainframe]

Thanks William.