displaying Comp-3 varibles through SYNCSORT

antonyjoseph · New User Joined: 11 Apr 2007 Posts: 28 Location: India

I have a file where format is as follows

1-10 character
11-15 COMP 3

How can i display this using outrec statement in normal format. I get special characters when i try it.

Prajesh_v_p · Active User Joined: 24 May 2006 Posts: 133 Location: India

Hi Antony,

Try this out
OUTREC FIELDS=(1:1,10,11:11,5,PD,TO=ZD,LENGTH=10)

Syntax might not be accurate.. Pls check SYNCSORT appl prog guide for more details...

Thanks,
Prajesh

antonyjoseph · New User Joined: 11 Apr 2007 Posts: 28 Location: India

Thanks
Will check this out.
Got the code working with "edit"

dick scherrer · Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 11:44 pm

Hello,

Yes, EDIT can make the output "pretty", but not as easy to use as input to some other process. "TO=ZD" will convert the data from packed to zoned decimal.

Depending on how the "output" is to be used, you might use either.