On Thu, 26 Feb 2015 08:20:49 -0800, Sri h Kolusu wrote:
>
>Tony suggested the use of Tab (X'05') as delimiter which will avoid the
>problem of data already have the common delimiter comma.
>
I stand by my assertion that lacking a priori knowledge that a character
can not occur in the data the task becomes more difficult; not impossible.
And I can't resist mentioning (again):
http://xkcd.com/327/
>This is the second time in this week that you had a comment about DFSORT.
>I am a developer of DFSORT and there are many cool things that DFSORT can
>do and I am more than willing to show them. However I also believe using
>the right utility/program for the right job. I do not suggest to use
>DFSORT for every solution I posted here.
>
My apologies if I offended. I recognize that DFSORT isn't the only tool in your
kit, and I'm aware that you suggest other techniques when appropriate.
Still, since DFSORT appears to be the Swiss Army Knife of z/OS, I can't
resist wondering, idly, whether DFSORT is Turing-complete.
-- gil
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