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Arun Prasad R
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Team,
How do I insert Blank characters to the records using OUTREC.
Suppose I have an FB Input file of LRECL 16 and I want it to make it to 80.
i.e, from positin 17 to 80 I want just C ' ' to be inserted.
Let me know the OUTREC syntax. |
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bipinpeter
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Hi Arun,
USe the DFSORT cards:
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SORT FIELDS=COPY
OUTREC FIELDS=(1,16,64X)
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64X will insert 64 spaces.
if you want to insert other characters,suppose if you want to insert * in remaining positions you can use, 64C'*'.
Regards,
Bipin Peter |
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expat
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Arun Prasad R
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Thanks Bipin.
It has solved the issue. |
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Arun Prasad R
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| expat wrote: |
| Are your records FB or VB ? |
It's an FB file |
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Frank Yaeger
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Arun,
An easier way to do this is to use this DFSORT statement:
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OUTREC BUILD=(1,16,80:X)
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That tells DFSORT to pad with blanks up to position 80. So you don't have to calculate the number of blanks needed.
Notice I used BUILD instead of FIELDS. Although BUILD and FIELDS are equivalent for the OUTREC statement, BUILD is preferred over FIELDS because it can be used in INREC, OUTREC, OUTFIL and IFTHEN.
If you're not familiar with DFSORT and DFSORT's ICETOOL, I'd suggest reading through "z/OS DFSORT: Getting Started". It's an excellent tutorial, with lots of examples, that will show you how to use DFSORT, DFSORT's ICETOOL and DFSORT Symbols. You can access it online, along with all of the other DFSORT books, from:
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Arun Prasad R
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Thanks Frank.
So we have now, three ways of adding blanks to records
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SORT FIELDS=COPY
OUTREC BUILD=(1,16,64X) or
OUTREC BUILD=(1,16,64C' ') or
OUTREC BUILD=(1,16,80:X) |
whichever is convinient, we can use.
Thanks Everybody. This Forum is Fantastic.
Edited: Please use BBcode when You post some code/error, that's rather readable, Thanks... Anuj |
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Frank Yaeger
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Also:
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OUTREC BUILD=(1,16,64X'40')
OUTREC BUILD=(1,16,80:C' ')
OUTREC BUILD=(1,16,80:X'40')
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