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ddyuva
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Joined: 06 Sep 2012
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Location: india
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Hi ,
This is my file which contains the dates in comp-3 format.
CI.M204QAV3.CIFS420.DATA
Here is the copybok of the FIle
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01 CIFS420-RECORD.
03 C420-TRADING-DATE PIC S9(9) COMP-3.
03 C420-LOGICAL-DATE PIC S9(9) COMP-3.
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Please let me know on how I can transfer the entire comp-3 file into a file containing numeric data?
Thanks in advance.
Dinesh |
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Robert Sample
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Location: Dubuque, Iowa, USA
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1. A file is not COMP-3, only individual variables can be COMP-3.
2. COMP-3 is numeric -- you need to spend a LOT of time reading the COBOL Language Reference manual (link at the top of this page) to understand this.
3. If you want to convert the COMP-3 fields in your file to DISPLAY fields, you can use your site's SORT product to do this, or you can write a simple COBOL program that copies the file, with the same FD for both files (just change the 01 name), except the output file does not have COMP-3 on the variables. Read a record, move it to the output file FD, write it, repeat until end of file ... not a hard task. |
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Bill O'Boyle
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Are you talking about an FTP transfer? If so, all COMP-3 (Packed-Decimal) fields need to be converted into Display-Numeric beforehand.
Unless you have negative-dates, the Display-Numeric fields can be unsigned. |
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