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cmsmoon
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Hi Friends,
could you please help me how to delete blank line in a dataset using commends.
For exp:
The below data avaible in a PS
Raja
ravi
mani
mohan
ram
kani
after executing comments the results should be
Raja
ravi
mani
mohan
ram
kani |
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Pandora-Box
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| X ALL ' ' 1;DEL X ALL;SAVE |
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cmsmoon
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Thanks for your reply.
The record length is more than 50 means we cann't use this commend right? |
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Pandora-Box
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| Why so specific that you need using Macro? |
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Pedro
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x p'^' all
flip
del all x
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enrico-sorichetti
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| The record length is more than 50 means we cann't use this commend right? |
NO ... WRONG.
instead of posting irrelevant comments wouldn ' t it be faster to try?
( even on a small file ) |
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Gary McDowell
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| Pandora-Box wrote: |
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| X ALL ' ' 1;DEL X ALL;SAVE |
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Nice! I never thought of that.
Off the top of my head I would have done…
SORT
delete the blank lines
...but I like the X ALL solution better.
Thanks. |
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enrico-sorichetti
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IMO Pedro suggestion is better
it will find non blank characters in any position of the record |
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Pedro
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Based on the sample data, Pandora's commands will work.
But the data shown was too simple for 'how to delete blank line?'. If you have blanks in the first 20 columns but have data anywhere in columns 20 - 80, it will delete those lines as well.
My example will only delete lines that do not have any other characters. |
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Gary McDowell
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| Pedro wrote: |
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x p'^' all
flip
del all x
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Hmm, I did the following with the test data in original post and all lines were deleted. Not sure what I did incorrectly.
X P'^' ALL;FLIP;DEL ALL X |
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enrico-sorichetti
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I usually go for ..
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EXCLUDE ALL
FIND P'^' ALL
DEL X ALL |
watch for the ^ character depending on the codepage used it might be translated to something else |
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Akatsukami
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| Gary McDowell wrote: |
| Pedro wrote: |
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x p'^' all
flip
del all x
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Hmm, I did the following with the test data in original post and all lines were deleted. Not sure what I did incorrectly.
X P'^' ALL;FLIP;DEL ALL X |
You recognize that the circumflex (^) has been substituted for the logical NOT (¬)? P'¬' is interpreted by Edit as "all non-spaces"; P'^' is interpreted as "all circumflexes". |
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Gary McDowell
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| enrico-sorichetti wrote: |
I usually go for ..
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EXCLUDE ALL
FIND P'^' ALL
DEL X ALL |
watch for the ^ character depending on the codepage used it might be translated to something else |
Hmm, same result; all 8-lines of the test data were deleted. I ask two other developers to try also and we all got the data deleted.
Hey, thanks anyway. |
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enrico-sorichetti
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| Hmm, same result; all 8-lines of the test data were deleted. I ask two other developers to try also and we all got the data deleted. |
unfortunately Your 3270 codepage is <fouled> up
just tested with the 1047 codepage and it works just right |
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Gary McDowell
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| enrico-sorichetti wrote: |
unfortunately Your 3270 codepage is <fouled> up
just tested with the 1047 codepage and it works just right |
Yep, we have 3270's. Bummer. |
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dick scherrer
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| Yep, we have 3270's. Bummer. |
Uh - MisUnderstandingAlert . . .
We pretty much ALL use 3270 Emulation - this is the "standard" terminal interface to the mainframe.
The Codepages are different definitions of how characters are to be handled. Whet Enrico posted says that usng the code page 1047, the process works.
Suggest you talk with whoever supports your terminal emulator product to see how yours is configured. |
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cmsmoon
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| Akatsukami wrote: |
| Gary McDowell wrote: |
| Pedro wrote: |
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x p'^' all
flip
del all x
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Hmm, I did the following with the test data in original post and all lines were deleted. Not sure what I did incorrectly.
X P'^' ALL;FLIP;DEL ALL X |
You recognize that the circumflex (^) has been substituted for the logical NOT (¬)? P'¬' is interpreted by Edit as "all non-spaces"; P'^' is interpreted as "all circumflexes". |
Thanks it is working |
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GuyC
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| fyi : del all nx = flip ; del all x |
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Ranjithkumar
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Try Akatsukami's suggestion in 3270, that will work.
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x all p'¬'
flip
del all x
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Pedro
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| fyi : del all nx = flip ; del all x |
If you use DEL ALL NX, your screen will have only excluded lines. You will not see what you want to see. |
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Binop B
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| Ranjithkumar wrote: |
Try Akatsukami's suggestion in 3270, that will work.
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x all p'¬'
flip
del all x
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I was not sure initially how to type the '⌐' character. Just for those who are not sure how to do that - You will need to type '1', '6', '9' keeping the ALT button pressed in the keyboard.... 
Hope this method works for everybody |
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Pedro
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| Yep, we have 3270's. Bummer. |
Can you elaborate on the 'Bummer'?. |
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Pedro
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| I was not sure initially how to type the '⌐' character. Just for those who are not sure how to do that |
More typically, it is a simple Shift/6 (uppercase of number 6). When you type it in the editor, it should add the ^ character which is '5F'x. |
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Binop B
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Hi Pedro,
Shift/6 is typing in the '^' character. When I give this command on the TSO it is not working as expected. The '⌐' (ALT-1 6 9) is working though ...  |
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Akatsukami
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| Gary McDowell wrote: |
| enrico-sorichetti wrote: |
unfortunately Your 3270 codepage is <fouled> up
just tested with the 1047 codepage and it works just right |
Yep, we have 3270's. Bummer. |
As in honest-to-Kamisami 327x terminals as used in the 1970s? |
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