Thus it was written in the epistle of Steve Hammond,
> Since the Robelle people are taking a well-deserved day off, I need help with QEDIT.
>
> Here's what I want to do:
> - I have file SCHEMA
> - every time a find the word "OCCURS" in the file, I want to:
>     - add a line before it that says "BEGIN"
>     - add a line after it that says "END"
>
> I tried a USE file that had
>      t SCHEMA
>      l "OCCURS"
>      a *-1 = B (a file that contains a single line that says "BEGIN")
>      a *+1 = E (a file that contains a single line that says "END")
>
> this USE file just added the lines to the last occurance of "OCCURS"
>
> I know I'm close, but I can't figure out how to do the repetitive function
>
> thx
> steve hammond

Steve,
  Here's my shot (very nearly stolen from the qedit help on "while" :-).
Create a file called ADDEM (or whatever) that looks like this:

/s window (U)
setjcw cierror = 0
continue
/findq "OCCURS" first
while cierror = 0 do
  /aq *-1=B
  /aq *+1=E
  continue
  /findq "OCCURS"
endwhile

then open the file you want to modify and type "ADDEM"

/O MYFILE
/ADDEM

That should do it.  Note that ADDEM is a command file, not a use file--while
doesn't work in use files.  By the by, you'll get an "Error: End of File" when
it's done.  Don't worry about it.  That's normal.

HTH,
Ted
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