Sort to make remaining 10 bytes be blank

mramesh · New User Joined: 19 Feb 2005 Posts: 6

I have the input file of 200 bytes VB, but the records are 190 bytes, so the remaing 10 bytes should be blank (not spaces).

Please find the examples with HEX ON below.

example:
Input file:

enrico-sorichetti · Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 5:42 pm

for a variable record, the lrecl is the maximum record length expected,

for a layout consistent with the VB definition, the trailing blanks/spaces should not be there
if You expect every record to be filled up with blanks/spaces up to the maximum length
there is no reason of having the overhead of VB record format
and You should change a little bit Your terminology and/or Your view of things

Frank Yaeger · Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:10 pm

mramesh,

I can't figure out what you want to do. Blank/space are the same thing (X'40'). And as enrico points out, VB records usually don't have trailing blanks (although they can).

You're going to have to do a better job of explaining clearly what you want do before anyone can help you.

Craq Giegerich · Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:26 pm

Looks like the program that is producing the records is not setting the length properly before writing them!