Exclude ISPF/PDF Edit Macro Command

Exclude command is used to exclude the selected lines from the display.

ISREDIT EXCLUDE str col1 col2 label1 label2
                {NEXT or ALL or FIRST or LAST or PREV }
                {CHARS or PREFIX or SUFFIX or WORD}

• The EXCLUDE command may be used with the FIND or CHANGE commands to locate a string, change the string, and then exclude that line from the display.

• 'str' is the string that will be searched for, to exclude lines.

• 'col1' and 'col2' are the optional range of column numbers.

• 'label1' and 'label2' are range of line numbers that will be searched by exclude command.

• NEXT or ALL or FIRST or LAST or PREV denotes the search order.

• 'PREFIX' parameter indicates string must be found as a prefix of a word.

• 'SUFFIX' parameter indicates string must be found as a suffix of a word.

• The default 'CHARS' parameter indicates the string may be found anywhere the characters match.

• The parameter 'WORD' indicates the string will be found when it is surrounded by blanks, or other non-alphanumeric characters, on both sides.

Examples:

Example 1:

Exclude lines that contain the letters THEN:.

ISREDIT EXCLUDE THEN

Example 2:

Exclude last line between .A and .B with suffix of THEN:.

ISREDIT EXCLUDE THEN .A .B LAST SUFFIX

Example 3:

Exclude the first preceding line within labels .A and .C with a word equal to THEN in columns 1 through 5:.

ISREDIT EXCLUDE THEN .A .C PREV WORD 1 5

Possible return codes are:

• 0: The command or statement ended successfully.

• 4: The search string was not found.

• 8: No lines were excluded.

• 20: A critical error has occurred.

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