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madmartinsonxx
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Joined: 10 Dec 2010
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Location: Massachusetts
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Hi -
I did this:
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//SYMNAMES DD *
FLD01,074,09,ZD
EDITMASK,EDIT=(SIII,III,III,IIT.TT),SIGNS=(,-)
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but got this :
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ICE632I 0 SOURCE FOR ICETOOL STATEMENTS: TOOLIN
ICE270I 1 PROCESSING SYMNAMES STATEMENTS
EDITMASK,EDIT=(SIII,III,III,IIT.TT),SIGNS=(,-)
$
ICE272A 1 SYMBOL, VALUE OR SYNTAX IS INVALID
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Why can't I ? |
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Frank Yaeger
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Because it's not valid syntax. You can't just throw in any old syntax and hope that it works. You have to use the syntax defined in the DFSORT book. That syntax does NOT include setting up symbols for edit masks. |
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madmartinsonxx
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Hi,
Ok. I did look at the manual. Thought I might be able to do that anyway.
Thanks. |
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Frank Yaeger
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| Ok. I did look at the manual. Thought I might be able to do that anyway. |
Does that come under the heading of "wishing will make it so"?  |
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dick scherrer
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Possibly an undocumented feature. . .  |
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Frank Yaeger
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So undocumented that it results in a syntax error saying it's invalid.  |
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don.leahy
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| Interesting idea though. |
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