LOOKUP W2 W1
Or is that too simple?
Kris Buelens,
--- freelance z/VM consultant, Belgium ---
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2014-08-04 22:32 GMT+02:00 Miguel Soltero Diaz <[email protected]>:
> Hi guys,
> Once again need some guidance on what to do.
>
> Have a couple of files:
> Master is variable length with variable start position & key length. Key
> is the second word of the record.
> Detail is fixed length (of course) with variable length key.
> Both files are sorted
> 1) I need to match both files based on the key.
> Thought about using Collate or Lookup but failed to find the parameters to
> specify the word separator character. Also couldn’t find the way to specify
> a variable length on the key.
> Question. Is there a way to do this with Lookup or Collate? Or what should
> I use instead?
>
> 2) The eight word of the Master record there is a date (might be missing)
> that I need to compare with the one from the Detail file. Take the greatest
> one to update the one in the master. I am thinking on using Pick for the
> compare. Although not sure I can use Pick to compare fields from different
> files. SPECS might be?
>
> Any idea how I can solve this?
> Yes, I know… I should be taking that selfstudy course Kris suggested
> first. :)
> Thanks guys…
>
>
> Miguel
>
