Need to copy different length input string to output file

ruchi.jain · New User Joined: 17 Sep 2007 Posts: 17 Location: Pune

Hi,
I have one input file which contains 2 data i.e.
ABDC
ABC

i want in my output file as:
ABCD.LIST
ABC.LIST

please help me in getting this.
I tried using Delimiter by Size/Space but not getting the output as expected.
Appreciate your help.

Thanks,

dbzTHEdinosauer · Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 8:09 pm

Ruchi Jain,

1. you are going from abdc to abcd.list? assume that is a typo.

what do your ws variables look like
and
what is your string statement
and
what output are you getting?

with that info, many here will be able to help.

dick scherrer · Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 1:17 am

Hello Ruchi Jain and welcome to the forums,

ruchi.jain · New User Joined: 17 Sep 2007 Posts: 17 Location: Pune

Dick,
no that is not the typo error.

My input file contains 2 values
ABCD
ABC

i want the output to be:
ABCD.LIST
ABC.LIST

i want to append the '.LIST' word after the value of input file.
I used Delimited by space then i got the output as:
ABCD.LIST
ABC.LIST'

If i use Delimited by size then the output is
ABCD.LIST
ABC .LIST

Can you help me in getting the output mentioned above.
Please specify which function to use.

Krishna Velamur · New User Joined: 22 Aug 2008 Posts: 22 Location: Hyderabad

Hi,
I guess you must be using a variable of length 4 (i.e PIC X(4)).

Thats why when you use Delimited by size you are getting the result as ABC .LIST

You need to use Delimited by space to get the expected result.

ruchi.jain · New User Joined: 17 Sep 2007 Posts: 17 Location: Pune

Actually the length of the variable which contain the inpur file data is X(04) but there are some value with x(03).

So can you let me know the logic so that i can use that length x(04) for both but after my program runs it will give the output as:

for x(04) ---> ABCD.LIST
for x(03) ----> ABC.LIST

ruchi.jain · New User Joined: 17 Sep 2007 Posts: 17 Location: Pune

I want the output as
ABCD.LIST
ABC.LIST

not like ABC .LISt or ABC.LIST'

Anuj Dhawan · Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 10:43 am

Hi,

ruchi.jain · New User Joined: 17 Sep 2007 Posts: 17 Location: Pune

I aplogies for the mistakes. Yes whatever you understand is correct.

I want the output as
ABCD.LIST
ABC.LIST

where as the input is:
ABCD
ABC

Thanks,

dbzTHEdinosauer · Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 1:00 pm

show us your working storage definitions

show us your code

cut and paste to a bbcode (Code) block.

if you don't understand bbcode, here is the link:

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and use the preview button, to double check your post.

there are 7 or 8 posts in this thread, and we still don't know what your problem is.

Krishna Velamur · New User Joined: 22 Aug 2008 Posts: 22 Location: Hyderabad

As I wrote earlier, the problem should be that the user has declared a variable of length 4 (say W-X PIC X(4)).

The values from input file is being moved to this variable and String function is used to append .LIST

String
W-X delimited by size
'.LIST'
into W-OUTPUT.

Because of this code the output is ABCD.LIST and ABC .LIST
Instead of the above code you should use

String
W-X delimited by space
'.LIST'
into W-OUTPUT.

Hope this helps.