Dang, learn something new everyday!
Thats the beauty of IBM-MAIN. I learn something from it almost every day.
BTW, that FIND format is called "picture". You say FIND P'string' and the string can contain specific chars or special chars such as # for numerics. See the ISPF help for a complete list
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