In DFSORT OUTREC what is SIGNS=(,,+,-)

sathish_rathinam · Active User Joined: 22 Aug 2005 Posts: 57 Location: india

hi,

OUTFIL FILES=(2,3),

OUTREC =(11:55,6,FS,SIGNS=(,,+,-),LENGTH=10,
31:(41,4,PD),EDIT=(**II,TTT,TTXS),SIGNS=(,,+,-))

In the above statement plz explain me why SIGNS=(,,+,-) is being used....

regards,
sathish

priyesh.agrawal · Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 3:06 pm Post subject: Re: help for signs in dfsort

This SIGN=(,,+,-) denotes that after EDITING you want to have a + sign for positive values & a - sign for negative values, at TRAILING of record.

Check manual for more info on same.

http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/ice1cg10/2.4.8?DT=20050223112358

Regards,

Priyesh.

Frank Yaeger · Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2005 9:07 pm Post subject:

For DFSORT, the syntax for the SIGNS parameter is

SIGNS=(lp,ln,tp,tn)

where lp specifies the leading positive sign, ln specifies the leading negative sign, tp specifies the trailing positive sign and tn specifies the trailing negative sign.

For:

EDIT=(**II,TTT,TTXS),SIGNS=(,,+,-))

The S in EDIT indicates a trailing sign. The + in SIGNS is the trailing positive sign and the - is the trailing negative sign. Since there's no leading sign in the edit mask, the leading positive and negative signs are skipped by specifying commas for them.