> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of tony babonas
>
> There's a crude way to do this by aligning the data in a
> series of temp files, i.e.
>
> OUTREC OUTFIL=OUT1,
> INCLUDE=(8,3,CH,EQ,C'99~'), WHEN COL 8 IS
> THE DESIRED 99~
> OUTREC=(11,5) numeric data
> following the ~
>
> repeat this block of lines for every mutation of where ~
> occurs. write an additional OUTFIL for each mutation. then
> concat each file into a SUM step.
>
> Hey, the price is right......
But you'd "lose" any and all records with a price field that doesn't end in
'99~'....
-jc-
[ snip ]
> > I have a requirement which states like this:
> >
> > Given records like
> >
> > 1~ABC~99.99~12345
> > 123~AB~9.99~567
> > 34~c~1.99~345
> >
> > where there are 4 fields in each record, each separated by
> a '~'. The
> > third field is the price field, which i need to sum up. ...
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