Count lines of codes from a PDS

sonu_winks · New User Joined: 23 Nov 2005 Posts: 23

Hi,

Can somebody help me with a JCL utility and syntax to count the no of lines of codes from a PDS. I need to omit the commented lines in the programs which are residing as members in this PDS.

cheers,
me.

expat · Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 9:27 pm

Take a look through the DFSORT / UTILITIES or the JCL section.

This, or similar has been discussed before.

dbzTHEdinosauer · Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 9:36 pm

can't help but asking. What is this report for?

dbzTHEdinosauer · Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 9:48 pm

each programming language has its own syntax for a comment.

each programming language has white space allowances. For instance COBOL you would count this as 2

Devzee · Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 10:12 pm

sonu_winks
How about copy statement in COBOL program?
Is this according to you counted as 1 line?

stodolas · Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 11:27 pm

Everyone knows that all good mainframe organizations brag about the number of lines of code they create and maintain every year. I never understood the rational behind it as dbz gave a perfect example of why it is horrible.

Here is my example in in C++ or Java:

sonu_winks · New User Joined: 23 Nov 2005 Posts: 23

Expat,

I dont find anything to count the no of lines in the PDS members in DFSORT.Could you please provide the link ?

I am looking to count the total lines of codes in the members using a single job ,excluding the comment lines ..

thnx.

sonu_winks · New User Joined: 23 Nov 2005 Posts: 23

Devzee,

Copy statements will be counted as single line.

Thnx

stodolas · Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 6:51 pm

sonu_winks, how would you account for dbz's example then? The number of lines is pretty meaningless there.

dick scherrer · Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 7:13 pm

Hello,

As was asked previously - what will this "report" be used for?

DFSORT can count the number of lines of an input file - it does not matter if the input is a file, a member of a pds, or a concatenation of files and/or members.

stodolas · Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 7:15 pm

Dick,

My organization proudly says "We have #### lines of Cobol code in production." I don't know what purpose it serves either.

dick scherrer · Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 7:29 pm

Hi Steve,

Yup, see it quite often. . .

When i first arrive at a new site, they usually have some kind of meeting to do intros and chat about the adventure we are part of. Often someone will "just have to" announce that "we have #### lines of code" or "we expect this project will require #### lines of code".

If often gets quiet when i ask "What is a line of code here"? Even though there are numbers tossed about, not everyone in the organization agrees on just what constitutes a line of code.

Oh, well. Kinda reminds me of when i was young and my dad would ask "How many balls of string would it take to reach the moon?". Some of the youngsters would start thinking and figuring. . . The answer, of course was one - if it was long enough.

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