Other remark: you even don't need to use counter 0. Usually counters are
used to sum things spanning multiple records. You could code
'| spec a: 1.8 1 b: w2 . c: w3 .',
'print b+c picture zzzz9 11',
And, as was suggested, I debug things alike by printing the intermediate
things too, so:
'| spec a: 1.8 1 b: w2 . c: w3 .',
'print b+c picture zzzz9 11 print b 25 print c 40'',
2009/3/4, Bruce Hayden <[email protected]>:
>
> Remove "select second". You aren't comparing records, looking for
> breaks, etc. so you don't need that option.
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 2:05 PM, Schuh, Richard <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 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
> >
>
>
>
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>
> Bruce Hayden
> Linux on System z Advanced Technical Support
> IBM, Endicott, NY
>
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