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HP NonStop G-Series User Manual

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BREAK Command

EDIT Command Summary

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The AT Keyword and Character Strings

1.

The command:

*BREAK 45 AT "Jack" "Jack" "Jack"

45 Jack be nimble,

45.1 Jack be quick,

45.2 Jack jump over the candlestick.

*

breaks line 45 into 3 lines.

2.

Another example of the BREAK command with the AT keyword and
character strings is:

*BREAK 46 AT "to" "went"
46 Jack and Jill
46.1 went up the hill
46.2 to fetch a pail of water,
*

Breaks line 46

into 3 lines

The BOTH or WORD Keywords and Character Strings

1.

The command:

*BREAK 45 AT BOTH "O"

45 Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack jump

45.1 over the candlestick.

*

breaks line 45 at the first occurrence of string “O” (the “o” in “over”).
The BOTH keyword tells EDIT that “O” can be either in uppercase or
lowercase.

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