Why do you use SELECT SECOND? 2009/3/4, Schuh, Richard <[email protected]>: > > 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 >
-- Kris Buelens, IBM Belgium, VM customer support
