On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 16:13:54 -0400, Scott Bennett wrote: >Is there a way to know if a dataset contains line numbers?
In addition to all comments made, without going into details as to versions and apps: 1- seq.numbers are commonly found in col. 1-6, 1-8, 73-80, 76-80 2- the leading part of the seq.no is sometimes a contant! eg: col 73-80 PGMA0001, PGMA0002, ... PGMA1234 3- the trailing part may be a version number, eg: 00001016 00002016 00003007 00004007 4- some have alternate locations, e.g. COB: 1-6 or 73 and up! 5- some depend on RECFM, e.g. CLIST: 1-8 if VB, 73-80 if FB ISPF cares less (used to) what each line does or does not contain than it does about implied or declared data type (ASM, COB, CNTL, FORT, etc). Fortunately ISPF adjusts (non-destructively) from NUMBER ON STD to whatever it recognizes. Andreas F. Geissbuehler AFG Consultants Inc. http://www.afgc-inc.com/
