I have a file from which I have extracted data. I am passing this data
through the following seemingly simple specs stage:
'| spec select second a: 1.8 1 b: w2 . c: w3 .',
'set #0:=b+c print #0 picture zzzz9 11',
With the idea of having the output of the stage include the first word
of the input in columns 1-8 and the sum of the second and third words in
columns 11-15. This works fine for all input records except the last.
The first word is correct, but the second seems quite arbitrary, usually
orders of magnitude larger than the sum should be. One example, 585
instead of 17. I have also seen numbers in the tens of thousands when
the actual totals were under 1000. What did I do wrong and how can I
correct the plug-board?
Regards,
Richard Schuh
