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UPDATE

UPDATE replaces a portion of text in the current line. It first locates the text to be updated within the current line using the SUBSTRING and COLUMN parameters. It then replaces this text with the text specified by the BY parameter. If the length of the text to be updated differs from the length of the replacement text (the default length), use the LENGTH parameter to specify the number of characters to be replaced.

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{UPDATE | UPD}

 

 

[SUBSTRING = <updated text>]
[COLUMN = {1 | * | <nn> }]
BY = <updating text>
[LENGTH = [assign the value for mm in your book]]

where:

nn

*

mm

Is the column number where text to be updated starts. The default is 1.

The column located by the previous SCAN.

Is length of text to be replaced; defaults to length of text specified by the BY parameter.