Sorry, I didn't see Sri's remarks (no pun intended) until after I had replied.
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Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Line comments in DFSORT
Actually it is documented. They're just not called comments. Look up "remark"
in the DFSort application programming guide.
Rex
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Stark
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Subject: [EXTERNAL] Line comments in DFSORT
I just did an experiment in DFSORT with JCL-style line comments after INCLUDE,
SORT, and OUTREC, and they work!
The DFSORT doc says that comments are only supported when entered with * on
column 1.
When was this implemented, and why isn’t this documented? Do you think it is
safe to rely on?
I sent this question to dfs...@us.ibm.com but it bounced right back, perhaps
there are DFSORT developers here.
Regards,
Bob Stark
//STEP1 EXEC PGM=SORT
//SYSIN DD *
INCLUDE COND=(9,1,CH,EQ,C'3',|, PART NUMBERS ENDING IN 3
9,1,CH,EQ,C'5',|, PART NUMBERS ENDING IN 5
9,1,CH,EQ,C'7') PART NUMBERS ENDING IN 7
SORT FIELDS=(10,30,CH,A) SORT ASCENDING BY DESCRIPTION
OUTREC BUILD=(2X,10,30,3X,1,9,3X,68,10) DESCRIPTION, PARTNO, CATEGORY
//SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=*
//SORTOUT DD SYSOUT=*
//SORTIN DD DISP=SHR,DSN=&HL..TR.INPUTA
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