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nagarajan.dharani
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Hi,
Could anyone please help me with the following requirement.
I've a input file with a field as 'Name' of 45 characters length.. For Example following is my input.
LOPEZ, MODESTO P.
SEDGWICK, TOM M
KENNEDY, KATHERINE M.
EIN, MARK D.
MCCOY, CHARLES H.
GRAY, RICHARD F.
THE ERICA LEIGH HOPKINS TRUST
I want to remove the SPACES and the Special characters inbetween these names. Here the special characters are ,(dot) and .(comma)
The output i need is like without spaces, (.dot) and ,(comma) in the name.
LOPEZMODESTOP
SEDGWICKTOMM
KENNEDYKATHERINEM
EINMARKD
MCCOYCHARLESH
GRAYRICHARDF
THEERICALEIGHHOPKINSTRUST
Can this be done using sort??
Thanks,
Dharani |
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Frank Yaeger
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Here's a DFSORT job that will do what you asked for:
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//S1 EXEC PGM=ICEMAN
//SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=*
//SORTIN DD DSN=... input file (FB/45)
//SORTOUT DD DSN=... output file (FB/45)
//SYSIN DD *
OPTION COPY
INREC BUILD=(1,45,SQZ=(SHIFT=LEFT,PREBLANK=C'.,'))
/*
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nagarajan.dharani
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Frank, Thanks a lot for the help that comes from you as always
Thanks,
Dharani |
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r.ravikumar
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HI Frank,
Can you explain the INREC BUILD statement in the above JCL. |
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Frank Yaeger
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| Can you explain the INREC BUILD statement in the above JCL. |
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INREC BUILD=(1,45,SQZ=(SHIFT=LEFT,PREBLANK=C'.,'))
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It uses DFSORT's SQZ function to squeeze out blanks, dots and commas.
1,45 specifies the field to be squeezed (1-45).
SQZ removes blanks.
PREBLANK=C'.,' indicates that all dot and comma characters are to be treated as blanks.
SHIFT=LEFT indicates that the field is to be squeezed to the left. Blank characters and PREBLANK characters are removed and the remaining bytes are moved to the left.
For complete information on DFSORT's SQZ function, see:
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