The ISPF 3.13 comparison option to ignore particular positin

Pavankumar.m · New User Joined: 28 Nov 2010 Posts: 53 Location: Mumbai

Hi ,

I have few records in my input file, but I need ignore comparison of particular position in particular record, below is the example.

File 1:-

acbd efgh i jckl
1234 5468 8 10 1213
IJKL MNQP REQ
AAAA BBBB CCC DDD

File 2:-
acbd efgh i jckl
1234 9999 8 10 1213
IJKL MNQP REQ
AAAA BBBB CCC DDD

here I need to compare all the records one to one, this can be done using 3.13, but my condition is while comparing second record I need to ignore 6th position to 10th position, do we have any option for this kind of comparison,

Please provide me if is there any option ?
1. here if key is '1234' then 6th to 10th position needs to be ignored

Regards,
Pavan Kumar.M

enrico-sorichetti · Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2014 1:04 pm

Pavankumar.m · New User Joined: 28 Nov 2010 Posts: 53 Location: Mumbai

Thank you enrico for confirming on this.

dick scherrer · Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2014 2:04 am

Hello,

Depending on your particular situation, you could copy the files forcing a common value into those positions and then they would compare equal . . .

nartcr · New User Joined: 06 Jun 2007 Posts: 83 Location: anada

Please submit through batch instead of foreground, and add CMPCOLM statement in SYSIN DD* statements for all columns except from 6 to 10.

If this doesnt work for your requirement, you can use sort to achieve the same.

enrico-sorichetti · Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2014 4:12 am

did You notice that the TS requirement is NOT to ignore columns 6-10 always
but to ignore them ONLY for the second record or when the first 4 positions contain some predefined value
???

nartcr · New User Joined: 06 Jun 2007 Posts: 83 Location: anada

Sorry, please ignore my comments above.