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Global Editing

JCLNeat provides a global editing feature for the data portion of keyword parameters and subparameters. The data portion of a keyword is the character-string after the = sign. For example, with a keyword parameter of UNIT=3380, only the data portion (that is, 3380) could be changed using the JCLNeat global editing feature.

Specify changes in the CHANGES DD data set in the following format:

Column Number 1
              /from-data1/to-data1/
              /from-data2/to-data2/
              /from-datan/to-datan/

JCLNeat compares the data portion, (/from-data/) of each keyword and, if a match is found, replaces the data portion, (/to-data/). If you specify it, multiple changes to the same data can occur. For example, with:

//CHANGES DD *
/3380/SYSDA/
/SYSDA/DISK/

If the original JCL looks like this:

//DD1 DD DSN=A,UNIT=3380,DISP=SHR

The reformatted JCL looks like this:

//DD1 DD DISP=SHR,
//       DSN=A,
//       UNIT=DISK

Note: The from-data and to-data can be of unequal lengths and less than or equal to 34 characters each.