Inserts the item specified by the option word.

   Format

     ERASE   option

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CHARACTERLINEPLACEHOLDERSELECTIONWORD

   Erases a single character at the current cursor position.

   Format

     ERASE CHARACTER

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Qualifiers

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/CURRENT/FORWARD/INDICATED/REVERSE/TO

      /CURRENT (D)

   Erases text in the current direction.

   Erases text in the forward direction.

      /INDICATED (D)

   Deletes the character at the current cursor position.

   Erases text in the reverse direction.

   Deletes the character at the current cursor position when the
   direction is FORWARD. Deletes the character before the current
   cursor position when the direction is REVERSE.

   Removes a line of text at the current cursor position.

   Format

     ERASE LINE

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Qualifiers

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/BEGINNING/CURRENT/END/FORWARD/INDICATED
/REVERSE/TO

      /BEGINNING (D)

   Indicates that the cursor should be moved to the beginning of a
   line as part of the ERASE operation. You cannot use the /BEGINNING
   qualifier with the /INDICATED qualifier.

      /CURRENT (D)

   Erases text in the current direction.

   Indicates that the cursor should be moved to the end of a line
   as part of the ERASE operation. You cannot use the /END qualifier
   with the /INDICATED qualifier.

   Erases text in the forward direction.

      /INDICATED (D)

   Erases the entire line that the cursor is on (including the
   carriage return and line feed), regardless of the cursor position
   within that line or the direction specified. The cursor moves
   to the beginning of the next line. You cannot use the /INDICATED
   qualifier with the /BEGINNING, /END, or /TO qualifiers.

   Erases text in the reverse direction.

   Erases text from the current cursor position to the next line in
   the direction specified.

   Deletes the text of a placeholder and related punctuation.

   Format

     ERASE PLACEHOLDER

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/CURRENT/FORWARD/GOTO_PLACEHOLDER/REVERSE

      /CURRENT (D)

   Specifies cursor motion in the current direction.

   Specifies cursor motion in the forward direction.

      /GOTO_PLACEHOLDER (D)
      /NOGOTO_PLACEHOLDER

   Specifies whether or not the cursor should move to the next
   placeholder after performing the ERASE operation. The movement
   to the next placeholder does not take place if it would force the
   current position to scroll off the screen.

   Specifies cursor motion in the reverse direction.

   Removes the text within the selected range.

   Format

     ERASE SELECTION

   Removes a word at the current cursor position.

   Format

     ERASE WORD

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Qualifiers

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/CURRENT/FORWARD/INDICATED/NEXT/PREVIOUS/REVERSE
/TO

      /CURRENT (D)

   Erases text in the current direction.

   Erases text in the forward direction.

      /INDICATED (D)

   Deletes the entire word the cursor is on, regardless of the
   cursor's position within that word.

   Erases the word following the cursor. When the cursor is
   positioned on a space, LSE erases all the spaces before and after
   the deleted word except one space. If the cursor is at the end of
   a line, the next line is appended to the current line. You cannot
   use the /NEXT qualifier with any other ERASE WORD qualifier.

   Erases the previous word when the cursor is on the first character
   of a word or between words. When the cursor is in the middle of
   a word, that entire word is erased and the cursor moves on to
   the first letter of the next word. You cannot use the /PREVIOUS
   qualifier with any other ERASE WORD qualifier.

   Erases text in the reverse direction.

   Deletes text from the current cursor position to the beginning of
   the next word in the specified direction.