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