Alphanumeric tests for PARSE fields

Description: STARTAFT=an, STARTAT=an, ENDBEFR=an and ENDAT=an can now be used with the PARSE function to start or end when a character from any of various alphanumeric character sets is found. New keywords for an allow you to select any of the following alphanumeric character sets:
  • UC: Uppercase characters (A-Z)
  • LC: Lowercase characters (a-z)
  • MC: Mixed case characters (A-Z, a-z)
  • UN: Uppercase and numeric characters (A-Z, 0-9)
  • LN: Lowercase and numeric characters (a-z, 0-9)
  • MN: Mixed case and numeric characters (A-Z, a-z, 0-9)
  • NUM: Numeric characters (0-9)

When change was introduced: z/OS® V2R1

Reference information: z/OS DFSORT Application Programming Guide