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In many languages, string manipulation is achieved by using a library of string functions or, as in Java, the methods of a String class. COBOL also uses a library of string-manipulation functions, but most string manipulation is done using reference modification and the three string-handling verbs: STRING, UNSTRING, and INSPECT.
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© 2014 Michael Coughlan
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Coughlan, M. (2014). String Manipulation. In: Beginning COBOL for Programmers. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-6254-1_15
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