Delete specific column in a member in dataset

HappySrinu · Active User Joined: 22 Jan 2008 Posts: 194 Location: India

Hello All,

Requirement: Having a member in a dataset. Now want to delete the specific length based on column width.

I am able to do for row's using X command but looking for column basis, Are there any commands exist.

Thanks,
Srini

expat · Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 12:51 pm

Please give an example of what you want to do

enrico-sorichetti · Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 12:54 pm

google for "ispf column manipulation macros"

HappySrinu · Active User Joined: 22 Jan 2008 Posts: 194 Location: India

0IEBGENER *lvl srini.test.dataset
0IEBGENER *lvl srini.test.dataset
0IEBGENER *lvl srini.test.dataset
0IEBGENER *lvl srini.test.dataset
0IEBGENER *lvl srini.test.dataset

ONE OF THE LINES IN A MEMBER IS SHOWN ABOVE, NOW I WANR TO DELETE 'IEB' OR '0' IN THE FIRST COLUMN

ANY COMMANDS , PLS

expat · Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 1:02 pm

Did you know that there is a button at the top of this page "SEARCH"

Look what I found using it - might not be perfect but should point you in the right direction.
http://ibmmainframes.com/about16666.html

enrico-sorichetti · Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 1:03 pm

if ISPF had some direct commands to do column manipulation I would have posted it,
I posted how to look for tools to achieve what You ask..
"delcols 2 4" ==> delete from column 1 to 3 and shift left

or in pure ispf as a work around
c p'^' '' 2 4 all ( non blanks )
c p'=' '' 2 4 all ( all )

it' s You who is asking for help, so it would be more polite not to shout

expat · Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 1:05 pm

Do you mean to delete only those characters or the whole line ?

If only the characters, are they replaced with spaces or nulls ?

HappySrinu · Active User Joined: 22 Jan 2008 Posts: 194 Location: India

All,
Thanks for the comments, I was in CAPS mode so i typed text here same . Sorry for it.

Secondly, I tried in search but may not be enough which i understood after i got link from expat.

thridly, once i deleted the specific column i would like to move the next columns to left side ti fill that gap.

i guess i got it with your help

dbzTHEdinosauer · Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 2:28 pm

change the bounds and shift left 2.

MCEVOY · New User Joined: 21 Nov 2005 Posts: 18

In ISPF Edit there is a BNDS Line Command which lets you set the left and right-hand sides of the data to be manipulated.
1) Puts BNDS against a line
2) Position the red '<' and '>' indicators as appropriate
3) Use the (( Line Commands to shift your data left
4) Reset the BNDS commands to encompass the whole line

If you just want to get rid of the first 3 bytes in each line, this can be accomplished with the (( Line Command alone.