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Yuvaraj BP
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Hai all,
Is there any way to nullify the entrapped data in the filler clause, I mean is there any way to initialize a record with filler clause so the the junk data entrapped in the filler cluase can also be nullified appropriately |
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William Thompson
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| Yuvaraj BP wrote: |
| Is there any way to nullify the entrapped data in the filler clause, I mean is there any way to initialize a record with filler clause so the the junk data entrapped in the filler cluase can also be nullified appropriately |
"entrapped data"? are you referring to the the data in working storage represented by the elementary filler item?
In working storage, before populating the record, you can "initialize" the entire record by moving spaces to the group or using the INITIALIZE verb.
If the garbage already exists in a file record, that can be cleaned up also but it will require reading and then writing the record. |
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Yuvaraj BP
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| the verb INITIALIZE did not clean the entrapped data in the filler clause, but i cleared only the data in the data declared under the group item. |
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William Thompson
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| Yuvaraj BP wrote: |
| the verb INITIALIZE did not clean the entrapped data in the filler clause, but i cleared only the data in the data declared under the group item. |
Yup, I should have looked it up first.... 
If the filler is PIC X stuff, you could move spaces to the whole thing and then initialize it if you wanted named numeric fields set correctly.
Does that help? |
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Yuvaraj BP
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sorry to ask you, i did not get this particular segment of your suggestion
"if you wanted named numeric fields set correctly." |
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William Thompson
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| Yuvaraj BP wrote: |
sorry to ask you, i did not get this particular segment of your suggestion
"if you wanted named numeric fields set correctly." |
That is the beauty if the INITIALIZE verb, chacter fields get filled with spaces while numeric fields, comp, comp3 and display, get zeros. |
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Yuvaraj BP
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| so can i ask you again, how to initialize the filler clause variables, i am sorry because i could not follow that if you have answered in this thread. |
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William Thompson
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| William Thompson wrote: |
| If the filler is PIC X stuff, you could move spaces to the whole thing..... |
In other words, the overall group name.... |
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Yuvaraj BP
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thank you,
i will try this, and again, i will meet you, bye |
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mmwife
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Hi Yuvaraj,
The usual approach is to move spaces to the group level as Bill suggested, then INITIALIZE the group. |
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