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notonly4u
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Dear Friends,
I do have a requirement that I need to have the record length of every record in a VB file in first 2 bytes with the actual record preceeding that, copied to another VB file.
Is this possible in SORT?
Thanks for your time.
Regards
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expat
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Unless I am mistaken,
The record length is always in the first two bytes of a VB record.
Using sort, the record length is pos 1 len 2 format BI
Or perhaps you want something different ??? |
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Bill Woodger
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Can you run this and post the sysout from the step in the Code tags, please.
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//S1 EXEC PGM=SORT
//SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=*
//SORTIN DD *
Nothing to do with the solution, just for your SORT level
/*
//SORTOUT DD DUMMY
//SYSIN DD *
OPTION COPY
/* |
Also please show a small example input and expected output.
It is not clear exactly what you want. |
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Ed Goodman
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Is this for Microfocus load files by any chance?
I have to do the same thing for all of the Filemanager unloads on the mainframe. This is what I use:
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//SYSIN DD *
SORT FIELDS=COPY
OUTFIL OUTREC=(1,4,1,2,BI,SUB,+2,TO=BI,LENGTH=2,5) |
It takes the first two byes in a VB file, subtracts 2 from that number, then put the answer as the first two "real" bytes int he output record, then it takes the rest of the data and adds it to the output record.
If you don't need to subtract two bytes, then make it like:
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//SYSIN DD *
SORT FIELDS=COPY
OUTFIL OUTREC=(1,4,1,2,5) |
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Bill Woodger
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Yes, Ed. The only difficulty is in exactly what this (emphasis added) means...
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| I need to have the record length of every record in a VB file in first 2 bytes with the actual record preceeding that |
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Robert Sample
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Count the actual record bytes with imaginary numbers?  |
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