Phil, I am here, reading the thread from time to time. However, the issue was solved after few responses and I was happy with the solution. I write tones of rexx but rarely edit macros so I needed a clue of how to do it.
*| **Itschak Mugzach | Director | SecuriTeam Software **|** IronSphere Platform* *|* *Information Security Continuous Monitoring for Z/OS, zLinux and IBM I **| * *|* *Email**: [email protected] **|* *Mob**: +972 522 986404 **|* *Skype**: ItschakMugzach **|* *Web**: www.Securiteam.co.il **|* בתאריך שבת, 20 בספט׳ 2025 ב-23:14 מאת Phil Smith III <[email protected]>: > Of course...I covered that early in the thread. I'm not the OP, who has > been quiet since his original query. > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf > Of Rupert Reynolds > Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2025 12:53 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Edit macro CHANGE not preseriving case > > I forget whether it's currently working, but as a matter of style I'd > recommend quoting everything going to the current environment (ISREDIT): - > /* REXX */ > address ISREDIT > "MACRO" > "CAPS OFF" > "CHANGE 'AAA' 'Aaa' ALL" > exit > > If it's still giving trouble, have you checked your Rexx for odd control > characters using HEX ON? > You can also find them using F P'.' (where p'.' is anything not printable). > > Also note you can use pictorial arguments for CHANGE, such as "C ALL > C'AAA' P'=<<' " > > which should do the same as yours, but may be useful in future. > > Roops > --- > "Mundus sine Caesaribus" > > On Sat, 20 Sept 2025, 15:35 Paul Gilmartin, < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > On Sat, 20 Sep 2025 09:49:20 -0400, Phil Smith III wrote: > > > > >Ah sorry. > > > > > >Rexx, from within ISPF Edit. > > > > > >Macro is: > > >/* REXX */ > > > address ISREDIT > > > 'macro' > > > CAPS OFF > > > CHANGE 'AAA' 'Aaa' ALL /* ***** */ > > > exit > > > > > >(sometimes without the 'macro', or with TRACE ?R), invoked directly > > >from > > the commandline via "macroname" or via "tso macroname", depending on > > what we're trying to test/prove. > > > > > Does it make a difference if you change one line: > > CHANGE C'AAA' C'Aaa' ALL > > > > Is any interaction between the CAPS setting and the [c|T] modifiers > > specified sufficiently in e.g.: > > < > > https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/3.1.0?topic=string-character-strings#u > > seofch > > > > > > > (It was most uncharacteristic of IBM long ago to change the > > case-sensitivity default of search strings.) > > > > >z/OS 3.1 on a zPDT using Tom Brennan's Vista 3270 on a ThinkPad T14 > > >on my > > desk in my den in Virginia on planet Earth, sunny and 68 degrees > > Fahrenheit, both inside and out. > > > > > >That enough environmental information? 😊 > > > > -- > > gil > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > > email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email > to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
