UNSTRING delimited by ',' in a comma separated file

suzeet · New User Joined: 16 May 2005 Posts: 54

Hi

In a comma separated file, I am using UNSTRING delimited by ','. But in my input record one item(amount) is having "5,555.00". This amount field is not fixed length. i.e it may 4 to 9 depending upon value. Please help me out how should I accomplish

nbalajibe · New User Joined: 28 Nov 2006 Posts: 75 Location: India

i can't get u...
u want to seperate the items of the specific field or the total record?

William Thompson · Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 3:31 pm

Well, is the file comma and quote delimited? If elements with commas imbeded within them are present, simple comma delimited is the wrong format.

Is there anything significant about the field prior to the amount? How about the relitive position of the amount field (line it is always the 6th element)?

suzeet · New User Joined: 16 May 2005 Posts: 54

Yeah it is the 8 th element of the copybook.

William Thompson · Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 3:58 pm

Copybook?

Well, when you reach the eighth element, a two phase unstring would work, first to the decimal point and then to the trailing comma.

SSR · New User Joined: 26 Feb 2006 Posts: 38

Hi,

First move delimited based on '.' in to a variable, if you do not have dot anywhere else in the file. Then based on the position you can move the amount field in to a different variable and then delimit rest of the variable using ','.

Regards
SSR.