Jim McAlpine wrote: >> Is there any way to achieve the above ie to search for 'abc*xyx' where * >> can be any length in all members of a pds.
Yes! Try SRCHFOR on =3.4 and use this: <argument for prefix> PREFIX <argument for suffix> SUFFIX C My example: ==> SO PREFIX ==> EK SUFFIX C Example Search result: YXABC 1 SOEK 2 SO1EK 3 SOAEK 4 SOBBEK 5 SOCCEK 6 SOEEEEEEK YXXABC 1 SOEK 2 SO1XXEK 3 SOAYYYEK 4 SOBZZZEK 5 SOC$$$EK 6 SOE#########EK HTH! Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html