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ShashiBedsur

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 2:36 pm
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I have a data having picture class s9(12)v99.

and data for ex:12345,12345678901234,123456
12345,00000000001231,123456
12345, 1232,123456
if in the above example whenever i recive zero's or spaces i need to suppress the data and i need in the following format.
12345,1231,123456
12345,1232,123456
file is comma delimited,Please help me out..
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ShashiBedsur

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 2:40 pm
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I have a data having picture class s9(12)v99.

and data for ex:12345,12345678901234,123456
12345,00000000001231,123456
12345,bbbbbbbbbb1232,123456 or spaces
if in the above example whenever i recive zero's or spaces i need to suppress the data and i need in the following format.
12345,1231,123456
12345,1232,123456
file is comma delimited,Please help me out..
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murmohk1

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 2:56 pm
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Shashi,

How do you want to do it? Using COBOL or some util.

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12345,bbbbbbbbbb1232,123456 or spaces

How do you get space(s) for the var declared as 9?
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ShashiBedsur

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 3:48 pm
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Using cobol itself.

using editing picture classes for ex Z(9) to supress leading zeros.similarly i want to remove the spaces or bbbbbbbb just wanted 1232.
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