TF will not recognize a + in column 72 as a continuation character. You generally will need to insert a blank line at the end and blank column 72.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf of Allan Staller [[email protected]] Sent: Monday, July 13, 2020 7:58 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Concatenating lines I don't know if the data to too large, but the ISPF EDIT line command TF ("text flow") seems to do what you want. Check the edit line commands in ISPF Help. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of kekronbekron Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2020 7:12 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Concatenating lines [CAUTION: This Email is from outside the Organization. Unless you trust the sender, Don’t click links or open attachments as it may be a Phishing email, which can steal your Information and compromise your Computer.] Thanks Lionel, what about when there's a 3 or 7-part line (2 or 6 lines with continuation char respectively.). Need a safe way to loop the 'else do' bit you've shown below. - KB ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Saturday, July 11, 2020 5:26 PM, Lionel B Dyck <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm not aware of one but that would be a very trivial rexx program to do so. > > This should get you started: > > /* rexx */ > 'alloc f(in) ds(lionel.doc(concinp)) shr reuse' > 'execio * diskr in (finis stem in.' > 'free f(in)' > do i = 1 to in.0 > if substr(in.i,72,1) /= '+' > then say in.i > else do > data = substr(in.i,1,71) > i = i + 1 > data = data''in.i > say data > end > end > > Lionel B. Dyck <sdg>< > Website: > https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww. > lbdsoftware.com%2F&data=02%7C01%7Callan.staller%40HCL.COM%7C67ccd6 > 36819e4b7ea2d808d82593a1ae%7C189de737c93a4f5a8b686f4ca9941912%7C0%7C0% > 7C637300663300910224&sdata=LdErUFo%2BYWgIygZekUG%2FRO%2F9t%2BIPtnP > 1cX8RePmuHr0%3D&reserved=0 > > "Worry more about your character than your reputation. Character is > what you are, reputation merely what others think you are." - John > Wooden > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [email protected] On Behalf > Of kekronbekron > Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2020 6:37 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Concatenating lines > > Hi, > > Is there any program in any of the CBT tapes, or perhaps on someone's GitHub > .. that makes concatenating lines easy? > If a continuating character is found in column 72, append the next line to > current line, and so on. > > Thanks, > > - KB > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ::DISCLAIMER:: ________________________________ The contents of this e-mail and any attachment(s) are confidential and intended for the named recipient(s) only. E-mail transmission is not guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or may contain viruses in transmission. The e mail and its contents (with or without referred errors) shall therefore not attach any liability on the originator or HCL or its affiliates. Views or opinions, if any, presented in this email are solely those of the author and may not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of HCL or its affiliates. Any form of reproduction, dissemination, copying, disclosure, modification, distribution and / or publication of this message without the prior written consent of authorized representative of HCL is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please delete it and notify the sender immediately. Before opening any email and/or attachments, please check them for viruses and other defects. ________________________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
