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NeilDev
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Joined: 20 Jan 2010
Posts: 5
Location: UK
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Hi,
I have the following input data:
James Smith 111111
Neil Smith 111111
Nigel Jonesa 222222
Nigel Jonesa 222222
Nigel Jonesb 222222
Richard Jones 333333
and would like to output a blank line at a change of key, so the data looks like this:
James Smith 111111
Neil Smith 111111
Nigel Jonesa 222222
Nigel Jonesa 222222
Nigel Jonesb 222222
Richard Jones 333333
Can anyone help please? |
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Escapa
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Joined: 16 Feb 2007
Posts: 1399
Location: IL, USA
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Below SORT step will give you required result...
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//STEP10 EXEC PGM=SORT
//SORTIN DD *
JAMES SMITH 111111
NEIL SMITH 111111
NIGEL JONESA 222222
NIGEL JONESA 222222
NIGEL JONESB 222222
RICHARD JONES 333333
/*
//SORTOUT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSIN DD *
SORT FIELDS=(15,6,ZD,A)
OUTFIL REMOVECC,SECTIONS=(15,6,TRAILER3=(80:X))
/*
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NeilDev
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Joined: 20 Jan 2010
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Location: UK
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| Thankyou very much. |
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Frank Yaeger
DFSORT Developer
Joined: 15 Feb 2005
Posts: 7129
Location: San Jose, CA
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Here's a more general way to do this that doesn't require knowing the LRECL of the records:
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SORT FIELDS=(15,6,ZD,A)
OUTFIL REMOVECC,SECTIONS=(15,6,SKIP=1L)
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Note that if the records are already in sorted order, it would be more efficient to use COPY rather than SORT. |
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