[Info-vax] OpenVMS - DCL - Data entry filtering

[Gotfryd Smolik news]

On Wed, 25 Mar 2015, IanD wrote:

> I am wanting to write a small bit of DCL that will filter a users input to ensure that the following characters are voided in any input
>
> ban_these_characters = "~`!@#$%^&*()-+={}[]\|;:',.<>/?"""

  You want ban the characters "filtering" data, or ban data witch
specified characters?
  If you allow the second, then:

> I don't want to resort to writing this in C, so DCL is the poison of choice here

...DCL is not the only option.
  IMO "standard command" SEARCH will be the best resolution.
(of couurse, it is *not* DCL :))

Regards, Gotfryd