MATCH in FOCUS programming

anindyamondal · New User Joined: 04 Apr 2007 Posts: 3 Location: Kolkata

Hi,
We generally use MATCH FILE filename--> format for matching two files and the results are saved in a HOLD file. But if I am reading data from a flat file which has no mfd, using FIXFORM and then uses MATCH variable name format....what does it mean? with whom the matching is taking place...Please have a look at the code

FIXFORM X49 PCODE/6 PCLINE/1 RPCODE/6 X13
MATCH ECODE
ON MATCH TYPE ON PCETABLE
"<1 <PCODE <7 <PCLINE <8 <RPCODE <14 <ECODE"
ON NOMATCH REJECT
-*ON MATCH CONTINUE
-*MATCH PCODE PCLINE RPCODE
-*ON MATCH TYPE "DUPLICATE ECODE <TRAN <ECODE <PCODE <PCLINE <RPCODE"

DATA ON ENTW
END

h.dinesh · New User Joined: 06 Dec 2006 Posts: 46 Location: Chennai

anindyamondal,

I feel that you have missed a MODIFY command before FIXFORM.

paray2x · New User Joined: 28 Dec 2005 Posts: 21

Hi,

Dinesh is correct. There should be a modify file command.

This code explains the layout of your transaction file. You don't need an MFD for this method.

FIXFORM X49 PCODE/6 PCLINE/1 RPCODE/6 X13

Here X indicates spaces/un used space and others are fieldname/length.

Corrections welcome...