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geet16
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Hi,
I am trying to ALLOC a file using the following piece fo code:
my Working Storage Variable:
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01 WS-SELECT-PARM-1.
05 FILLER PIC X(31) VALUE
'CMD(ALLOCATE DDNAME(DMG) DS'.
05 WS-FILE-NAME PIC X(28) VALUE SPACES.
05 FILLER PIC X(52) VALUE
' MOD BLKSIZE(2000) LRECL(200) DSORG(PS) RECFM(F B)'.
05 FILLER PIC X(49) VALUE
' TRACKS SPACE(15,15) RELEASE UNIT(SYSDA) CATALOG)'.
IF WS-TABLE-LAST-ONE = SPACES
STRING '(' QUOTE SC-USER-ID-F '.'
WS-TABLE-FIRST-SEVEN '.J'
ZJCHAR '.CNTL' QUOTE ')'
DELIMITED BY SIZE
INTO WS-FILE-NAME OF WS-SELECT-PARM-1
END-STRING |
Next i call SPF-LINK
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CALL SPF-ISPLINK USING SPF-SELECTZ
SPF-BUFLEN
WS-SELECT-PARM-1. |
here, when it tries to alloc the name of Dataset is picked up as "XYZ.TPR.J2.CNTL" and says dataset does not exist.
i believe this should be 'XYZxx.TPRxx.J2.CNTL'.
i checked my complier setting it has APOST so quotes should be converted to single quotes but it isn't happening.
Any pointers will be apperciated.
Edited: Please use BBcode when You post some code, that's rather readable...Anuj |
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Douglas Wilder
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I have not tried using APOST and QUOTE. I do not see anything wrong with what you did. But you could get around it by coding a variable with a value clause with a single quote within double quotes like the following:
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| 05 MY-QUOTE PIC X VALUE "'". |
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Robert Sample
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You drastically misunderstand the meaning of the compiler options in saying this:
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| i checked my complier setting it has APOST so quotes should be converted to single quotes but it isn't happening. |
There is not, under any circumstances, conversion from one to the other. As the Programming Guide says,
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___ QUOTE/APOST option syntax __________________________________________
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Default is: QUOTE
Abbreviations are: Q|APOST
Use QUOTE if you want the figurative constant [ALL] QUOTE or [ALL] QUOTES to represent one or more quotation mark (") characters.
Use APOST if you want the figurative constant [ALL] QUOTE or [ALL] QUOTES to represent one or more single quotation mark (') characters.
Delimiters: You can use either quotation marks or single quotation marks as literal delimiters regardless of whether the APOST or QUOTE option is in effect. The delimiter character used as the opening delimiter for a literal must be used as the closing delimiter for that literal. |
You can use two apostrophes in a row, as the Language Reference clearly indicates:
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The enclosing quotation marks or apostrophes are excluded from the literal when the program is compiled.
An embedded quotation mark or apostrophe must be represented by a pair of quotation marks ("") or a pair of apostrophes (''), respectively, when it is the character used as the opening delimiter. For example,
"THIS ISN""T WRONG"
'THIS ISN''T WRONG'
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geet16
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hi,
As suggested by Douglas, i was able to solve the problem. Thank You Douglas.
Robert, i am just trying to understand Quotes/apostrophes better, i found this info which i might have mis-understood and now throughly confused as well, kindly let me know any pointers where i can understand this better:
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QUOTE/QUOTES
Represents one or more occurrences of the quotation mark character and must be nonnumeric. QUOTE, or QUOTES cannot be used in place of a quotation mark or an apostrophe to enclose a nonnumeric literal.
+-------------------------------IBM Extension--------------------------------+
When APOST is specified as a compiler option, the figurative constant QUOTE has the EBCDIC value of an apostrophe.
+----------------------------End of IBM Extension----------------------------+
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Robert Sample
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| 01 WS-VAR PIC X(01) VALUE QUOTE. |
sets WS-VAR to either a tic mark (if APOST is set) or a double tic mark (if QUOTE is set). This is the primary use of the facility, since CALL 'LITERAL' can be CALL "LITERAL" and does not depend on the compiler setting (although I haven't tested that).
As the manual says, you cannot use QUOTE in place of literals in VALUE clauses -- so
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| VALUE QUOTEFILE.NAME.LITERALQUOTE |
is not valid. |
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geet16
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Hi,
We have used INSPECT to calculate the length and accordingly remove the spaces. Also i have used a dummy dataset name here, sorry for the confusion.
I am not able to understand the working of QUOTES/APOST as the same program is working fine in our Production environment wherein the QUOTES are converted into Apostrophes but the same code is not working in Test enviornment.
Thanks,
Geet |
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Robert Sample
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| Does the test environment have QUOTE and the production environment APOST in the compile procedures? Quotes are not converted into anything -- they are, based on the compiler option, a single tic mark (apostrophe) or double tic marks (quotation mark). What code are you referring to when you say that quotes are converted into apostrophes? |
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geet16
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Hi,
using this piece of code i am trying to dynamically create a file-name which will be then allocated using ALLOC command.
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IF WS-TABLE-LAST-ONE = SPACES
STRING '(' QUOTE SC-USER-ID-F '.'
WS-TABLE-FIRST-SEVEN '.J'
ZJCHAR '.CNTL' QUOTE ')'
DELIMITED BY SIZE
INTO WS-FILE-NAME OF WS-SELECT-PARM-1
END-STRING
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For Eg: My id is ABCD12 then 'ABCD12.XYZS.J2.CNTL' file should be created and using ALLOC command should be allocated.
In my program, this string is coming out to be "ABCD12.XYZS.J2.CNTL" instead of 'ABCD12.XYZS.J2.CNTL' and hence ALLOC command fails each time when i run this uplaod program.
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Robert Sample
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Although I haven't had a chance to test this, it should work:
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STRING '(''' SC-USER-ID-F ' '
WS-TABLE-FIRST-SEVEN '.J'
ZJCHAR '.CNTL'' )' |
Do not depend upon the QUOTE as it may be " or ' depending on how the compiler options are set. You can override this behavior by setting the parameter yourself, but why ask for future trouble? |
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geet16
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Hi Robert,
The code mentioned by you worked for me. Thank You!! 
Thank You to all of you for all your suggestions!![/quote] |
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Robert Sample
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| Glad to hear it worked -- I didn't get a chance to test that one. |
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