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 Count unique characters in field in batch Cobol
Batch jobs, COBOL, COBOL statements
Please adwise how to count number of unique characters (any character can be)  in batch cobol.

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batch cobol
ASKED: November 23, 2010  4:48 PM
UPDATED: November 24, 2010  12:30 AM
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Count unique characters from where? From a value in a field? From a database file? From a record in a database file? From a text file (a streamfile)?

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