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[cualquis]

Hi!
I am new in this forum (I think) and ask you for some help, please.

I have many Rexx programs coded since many years in our mainframe, running well.
Now I have to run them in other country mainframe.
Well, the rexx operator OR "|" is translated in this mainframe like BBh and it is not shown in ISPF editor (it shows ":" ) and programs fail.
After many tests I got that 4Fh ( ! ) runs well instead of BBh ( | ); both symbols are in same key in keyboard. Anyway, this is a little drawback because it changes many things, like, as example, the "warning!!" screens.

I have senn in post31839.html?hilit= operator error#p31839 that somebody had similar problem with ^ operator.

Does exist a general solution for this kind of problem? (I can not change the codepage because the laptop and emulator are "hardened" by company).
Is there an alternative way to codify | operator without splitting a comparison sentence in many others?

Thanks in advance

[Terry Heinze]

My emulator translates the right bracket "]" into a vertical bar "|". Does that help?

[cualquis]

Thanks Terry.
I have tested but my keyboard+codepage+mainframe translates it to a non-visible FCh character