On Wed, 7 Sep 2022 16:24:07 +, Sri h Kolusu wrote:
>>> That contradicts "Column 1 ... blank" on page 80. A blank in column 1 is
>>> *used* to indicate a control statement.
>
>Gil,
>
>Not sure as to what is contradictory.
>
>Statement 1 : "Column 1 of each control statement must be blank,
>> That contradicts "Column 1 ... blank" on page 80. A blank in column 1 is
>> *used* to indicate a control statement.
Gil,
Not sure as to what is contradictory.
Statement 1 : "Column 1 of each control statement must be blank, unless the
first field is a label or a comment statement (see
On Tue, 6 Sep 2022 21:32:37 +, Pommier, Rex wrote:
>
>
>So each control statement must either be labelled or a comment, since it's
>impossible not to use column 1 with RECFM=F.
>
>
>No, because a bit earlier in the same manual, under the "general coding rules"
>we find this:
>
>The control
>> (Garbled by Copy/Paste.)
Gil,
Did you try enclosing the control cards using "Courier New" font ? It retains
the spacing.
>> So each control statement must either be labelled or a comment, since it's
>> impossible not to use column 1 with RECFM=F.
Not sure what you meant by IMPOSSIBLE .
statements).
Rex
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On Tue, 6 Sep 2022 12:03:44 -0700, Tom Brennan wrote:
>>
>>
On Tue, 6 Sep 2022 12:03:44 -0700, Tom Brennan wrote:
>>
>> I just used a Special character to denote the start of a comment. You can
>> have any character.
>
>And using # as that character shows we are being assimilated :)
>
Kolusu was just trying to make me comfortable.
On Tue, 6 Sep 2022
On 9/6/2022 10:19 AM, Sri h Kolusu wrote:
I just used a Special character to denote the start of a comment. You can have
any character.
And using # as that character shows we are being assimilated :)
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>> BTW, what's the syntax for comments in DFSORT command files?
Gil,
It is documented here
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2
On Tue, 6 Sep 2022 17:19:22 +, Sri h Kolusu wrote:
>
>I just used a Special character to denote the start of a comment. You can have
>any character.
>
Are those "comments", which the Guide says must start with an asterisk
in column 1, or "remarks" a term which the Guide uses repeatedly, but
>> What are the "# ..." constructs? I see "remarks" mentioned in the Guide,
>> but no description of the syntax of remarks (did I miss one?)
I just used a Special character to denote the start of a comment. You can have
any character.
> I suspect the convention would be comfortable, even
On Tue, 6 Sep 2022 16:19:30 +, Sri h Kolusu wrote:
>
>It is documented here
>
>https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.5.0?topic=rules-inserting-comment-statements
>
>>> The solution above, lacking comments and with 8 numeric positional
>>> parameters is horribly opaque to the novice.
>
>If there
>> BTW, what's the syntax for comments in DFSORT command files?
Gil,
It is documented here
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.5.0?topic=rules-inserting-comment-statements
>> The solution above, lacking comments and with 8 numeric positional
>> parameters is horribly opaque to the novice.
If
On Mon, 5 Sep 2022 16:25:20 -0700, Retired Mainframer wrote:
>"It didn't work" doesn't tell us very much. How did the results differ from
>what you wanted?
>
>Is it always four blanks in field 1, two in field 2, two in field 3, and 2 in
>field 4? Is the length of each field constant across all
>> i used OUTREC BUILD=(1,80,SQZ=(SHIFT=LEFT)) and it didn't work out
Could someone pls let me know how to make this ?
Ron,
To begin with the leading data in 3rd column is NOT spaces. It seems that the
data is Variable data where the first 2 bytes is a binary field that contains
the length of
22,21,45,5)
come close to what you want?
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Subject: dfsort - Reformat file
Hi ,
We have a input PIPE DELIMITED file as follows of lrecl
Hi ,
We have a input PIPE DELIMITED file as follows of lrecl = 80. Need to remove
the leading spaces with out disturbing the 3 column values
1652087|..0049|..OPTICAL |..0170|
2130994|..0006|..STATIONERY |..0716|
2199447|..0078|..SERVE OVER PIZZA|..0410|
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