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

[David Froble]

JF Mezei wrote:
> I realise the OP said 7.3
> 
> In 8.3 wasn't there a F$REPLACE lexical added ? or is that just in my
> imagination ?
> 
> Also, wouldn't it be more efficient to built a 256 character string,
> containing the replacement character for each possible source character,
> and then converting the source character into an index from which you
> can f$extract the replacement character ?
> 
> 


:-)

Oh, you mean like XLATE in Basic?

:-)