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NB Gautam
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Hi All,
I have a file with few fields having COMP-3 usage.
Now I need to change the usage from COMP-3 to DISPLAY. I can very well do through COBOL but i need to do through JCL. Is there any JCL utilitiy to do this job.
can anyone help? |
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Frank Yaeger
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Craq Giegerich
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| Why do you think you need to change these fields? |
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NB Gautam
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Hi Crag,
Actually i am using FILEAID to see the data of a file. But since there are some fields which are in COMP-3 format so i am unable the content properly. so i wanted to convert them in display format. |
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dick scherrer
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Hello,
To be able to "see" the data, use HEX ON.
It will save copying the file to merely reformat some field(s). |
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NB Gautam
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Hi dick,
Thanks . I will use 'hex on' for seeing reformated data. Can i save reformated whole data as a different dataset so that i can downoad that new content from mainfraeme server to local PC. |
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NB Gautam
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Hi frank,
Thanks for sending link. I read the document specified in Link.
Suppose there is one variable defined as
WS-VAR1 PIC 9(11) COMP-3
So what will be JCL statement syntax to convert them in DISPLAY format.
I want it in more detail. |
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dick scherrer
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Hello,
Now that we understand what you really need to do, yes, you need to convert the data.
I believe zoned decimal will not work for you as the pc will not handle the "zone". . .
You need to reformat the data so that a negative is a minus sign rather than a zoned sign.
Look at this previous topic that does the same thing you need to do:
ibmmainframes.com/viewtopic.php?t=31302 |
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Frank Yaeger
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Suppose there is one variable defined as
WS-VAR1 PIC 9(11) COMP-3
So what will be JCL statement syntax to convert them in DISPLAY format.
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That would be a 6-byte PD field starting at position 1. If you want to convert it to an 11-byte ZD field you could use these DFSORT statements:
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OPTION COPY
INREC BUILD=(1,6,PD,TO=ZD,LENGTH=11)
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If you want to convert it to a value with blank for a positive sign and - for a negative sign and leading zeros suppressed, you could use these DFSORT statements:
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OPTION COPY
INREC BUILD=(1,6,PD,TO=FS,LENGTH=12)
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If you want the output in some other form, show what you want it to look like for +1, -1, +12345678901 and -12345678901. |
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NB Gautam
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HI All,
Thanks a lot. I got solution for the issue. |
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krupagk
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| Thanks Frank for your solution |
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ChowHan
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| Err.... you could use the print option in fileaid menu to print this file to a dataset, provided the file does not have occurs depending on or redefines clause... That is ... if this is for a one time use (validation purposes) that way you will get field names as a header as well and you wouldn't have to create a header and this would be easily ported to a spreadsheet . But since you have already decided on a solution so be it... |
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