You can use assignment statements to obtain, replace, or add data being edited.

To copy a line, use:

 
ISREDIT LINE_AFTER 5 = LINE 2

ADDRESS ISPEXEC
'ISREDIT LINE_AFTER 5 = LINE 2'

To copy line 1 from the data set into the variable LINEDATA, use:

 
ISREDIT (LINEDATA) = LINE 1

ADDRESS ISPEXEC
'ISREDIT (LINEDATA) = LINE 1'

To replace the first line in the data set, using the data from the variable LINEDATA, use:

 
ISREDIT LINE 1 = (LINEDATA)

ADDRESS ISPEXEC
'ISREDIT LINE 1 = (LINEDATA)'

To add a new line after line 1 in the data set using the variable NEWDATA, use:

 
ISREDIT LINE_AFTER 1 = (NEWDATA)

ADDRESS ISPEXEC
'ISREDIT LINE_AFTER 1 = (NEWDATA)'