i have a string of 80 chars i want to replace 4th char with "a"?
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Answer Posted / mchava
first move string 4th position to one variable
ex: string(4:1)=ws-string
then use inspect and replace words
ex: INSPECT STRING REPLACING WS-STRING BY 'a'
BEFORE SPACE/'.'/(end of the sting).
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