Do not process lines

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There are two Do Not Process Lines process statements:
DPLINE
Do not Process Lines
DPLINEC
Do not Process Lines Continuation

These options remove from the compare (or search) set all lines that can be recognized by either a unique character string or combination of related strings all appearing on the same input line. DPLINEC is the continuation of the immediately preceding DPLINE or DPLINEC process statement. All the strings in a DPLINE/DPLINEC group must be found on the same input line.

A start_column or start-range can also be used to restrict the columns. Relative start_columns and start-ranges are valid only on DPLINEC statements.

Compare Types: LINE, WORD, and Search

Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagramDPLINE'string' ,start_column:last_start_column

Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagramDPLINEC'string' ,start_column:last_start_column,+start_column:last_start_column,+ 
string
A character or hexadecimal string enclosed within apostrophes. For one embedded apostrophe, use two consecutive apostrophes ('').
start_column
The column in, or after which, the string must start.
last_start_column
The last column in which the string may start. (Must be separated from the start_column by a colon.)
+start_column
The relative column, following the location of the previous string (as specified in the previous DPLINE or DPLINEC statement), in, or after which, this string must start.
last_start_column
The relative last column, following the location of the previous string (as specified in the previous DPLINE or DPLINEC statement), in which this string may start.
+
The specified string may appear anywhere following the location of the previous string (as specified in the previous DPLINE or DPLINEC statement).

Example Description
DPLINE 'ABCDE' Scans all columns for string ABCDE
DPLINE 'AbCde',2 Scans only column 2 for start of string AbCde 
DPLINE  'AbCde',2:2
DPLINEC 'BDEF'
 Same as above example. String BDEF must be on the same line as the string AbCde
DPLINE 'ABCDE',2:50 Scans only columns 2 through 50 for start of string ABCDE
DPLINE 'AB''CD',2:50 Scans only columns 2 to 50 for start of string AB'CD
DPLINE X'C1C27BF1',2:50 Scans only columns 2 to 50 for start of hexadecimal string X'C1C27BF1' 
DPLINE  'ABC'
DPLINEC 'BDEF',+
 Scans for string ABC; if found, then scans for string BDEF in the same line (following ABC) 
DPLINE  'ABC'
DPLINEC 'BDEF',+5
 Scans for string ABC; if found, then scans for string BDEF starting in the 5th column after the starting column of ABC 
DPLINE  'ABC'
DPLINEC 'BDEF',+5:12
 Scans for string ABC; if found, then scans for string BDEF starting anywhere in the 5th to 12th columns after the starting column of ABC