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shr_amar
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 12:32 pm
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Hello ,


I just want to all other value to Zeroes (except numeric Value) .

For Example ws-var = ! #$%^&88
i want to replace it like 000000088

that means all other characters replaced with zeroes.


can we do it using INSPECT

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dick scherrer

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 12:40 pm
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Hello,

When you have a question, it is usually better to start a new topic for yojr question rather than reply to an almost 2-year-old topic.

What should happen if the value is
Code:
 ws-var = ! #23$%^&88
?

If you merely convert all non-numerals to zeros, you may cause later problems (if the field requires numeric data).
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 1:20 pm
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shr_amar,

Please check with the following code for your requirement.
Code:
       IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.                                   
       PROGRAM-ID. C.                                             
       ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.                                     
       CONFIGURATION SECTION.                                     
       SPECIAL-NAMES.                                             
           CLASS NOTJUNK IS '1' THRU '9' ZERO.                   
       DATA DIVISION.                                             
       WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.                                   
       77 WS-ALPHANUMERIC-IN PIC X(9) VALUE SPACES.               
       77 WS-ALPHANUMERIC-OUT PIC X(9) VALUE SPACES.             
       77 WS-I PIC 99.                                           
       77 WF-JUNK PIC X VALUE 'N'.                               
        88 JUNK-FOUND VALUE 'Y'.                                 
        88 JUNK-NOT-FOUND VALUE 'N'.                             
       PROCEDURE DIVISION.                                       
           ACCEPT WS-ALPHANUMERIC-IN                             
           DISPLAY 'WS-ALPHANUMERIC-IN  ==> ' WS-ALPHANUMERIC-IN 
           PERFORM VARYING WS-I FROM 1 BY 1 UNTIL WS-I > LENGTH OF
                           WS-ALPHANUMERIC-IN                     
            IF WS-ALPHANUMERIC-IN(WS-I:1) IS NOT NOTJUNK         
             SET JUNK-FOUND TO TRUE                               
            END-IF                                               
            IF JUNK-FOUND                                         
             MOVE ZERO TO WS-ALPHANUMERIC-OUT(WS-I:1)             
             SET JUNK-NOT-FOUND TO TRUE                           
            ELSE                                                 
             MOVE WS-ALPHANUMERIC-IN(WS-I:1) TO                   
                 WS-ALPHANUMERIC-OUT(WS-I:1)                     
            END-IF                                               
           END-PERFORM                                           
           DISPLAY 'WS-ALPHANUMERIC-OUT ==> ' WS-ALPHANUMERIC-OUT
           GOBACK.

Input:
Code:
! #$%^&88

Output:
Code:
WS-ALPHANUMERIC-IN  ==> ! #$%^&88
WS-ALPHANUMERIC-OUT ==> 000000088
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 1:34 pm
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shr_amar,

Please check with the following sort jcl for your requirement.
Code:
// EXEC PGM=SORT                                               
//SORTIN DD *                                                   
! #$%^&88                                                       
/*                                                             
//SORTOUT DD SYSOUT=*                                           
//SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=*                                           
//SYSIN DD *                                                   
 OPTION COPY                                                   
 INREC IFTHEN=(WHEN=(1,1,SS,NE,C'0123456789'),OVERLAY=(1:C'0'),
               HIT=NEXT),                                       
       IFTHEN=(WHEN=(2,1,SS,NE,C'0123456789'),OVERLAY=(2:C'0'),
               HIT=NEXT),                                       
       IFTHEN=(WHEN=(3,1,SS,NE,C'0123456789'),OVERLAY=(3:C'0'),
               HIT=NEXT),                                       
       IFTHEN=(WHEN=(4,1,SS,NE,C'0123456789'),OVERLAY=(4:C'0'),
               HIT=NEXT),                                       
       IFTHEN=(WHEN=(5,1,SS,NE,C'0123456789'),OVERLAY=(5:C'0'),
               HIT=NEXT),                                       
       IFTHEN=(WHEN=(6,1,SS,NE,C'0123456789'),OVERLAY=(6:C'0'),
               HIT=NEXT),                                       
       IFTHEN=(WHEN=(7,1,SS,NE,C'0123456789'),OVERLAY=(7:C'0'),
               HIT=NEXT),                                       
       IFTHEN=(WHEN=(8,1,SS,NE,C'0123456789'),OVERLAY=(8:C'0'),
               HIT=NEXT),                                       
       IFTHEN=(WHEN=(9,1,SS,NE,C'0123456789'),OVERLAY=(9:C'0'))
/*                                                             
//                                                             

Output:
Code:
000000088
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Aaru

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 1:59 pm
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Shankar,

You can make use of NUM instead of checking for the digits from 0 - 9

Code:
INREC IFTHEN=(WHEN=(1,1,FS,NE,NUM),OVERLAY=(1:C'0'),
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 2:11 pm
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Aaru,
Quote:
Shankar,

You can make use of NUM instead of checking for the digits from 0 - 9

Code:
INREC IFTHEN=(WHEN=(1,1,FS,NE,NUM),OVERLAY=(1:C'0'),

My site has SYNCSORT FOR Z/OS 1.2.3 and FS and NUM are not available in that version.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 2:18 pm
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Aaru,

Format FS is available but FS,EQ,NUM and FS,NE,NUM are not available in SYNCSORT FOR Z/OS 1.2.3
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 2:26 pm
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My site has SYNCSORT FOR Z/OS 1.2.3 and FS and NUM are not available in that version.


Even my site uses the same version of SYNCSORT and not DFSORT. I posted so that shr_amar can try that option too if DFSORT is installed in his site.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 3:30 pm
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Hi,
Try this one :
Code:

INSPECT WS-DEC-LIC-NO1 REPLACING
CHARACTERS BY ZEROES.           


This will replace all the characters (a-z and special characters)
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 4:09 pm
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KMV,

The requirement is to replace all characters to zero except the numeric(0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9).

when i tried with your code, it is replacing all alphabets, numeric and special characters to zeros.

Please check with the below cobol code, input and output using INSPECT statement as suggested by you.
Code:
       IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.                           
       PROGRAM-ID. A.                                     
       DATA DIVISION.                                     
       WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.                           
       77 WS-IN PIC X(9) VALUE SPACES.                   
       77 WS-OUT PIC X(9) VALUE SPACES.                   
       PROCEDURE DIVISION.                               
           ACCEPT WS-IN                                   
           DISPLAY 'WS-IN  ==> ' WS-IN                   
           MOVE WS-IN TO WS-OUT                           
           DISPLAY 'WS-OUT ==> ' WS-OUT '  BEFORE INSPECT'
           INSPECT WS-OUT REPLACING CHARACTERS BY ZERO   
           DISPLAY 'WS-OUT ==> ' WS-OUT '  AFTER  INSPECT'
           GOBACK.

Input:
Code:
! #$%^&88

Output:
Code:
WS-IN  ==> ! #$%^&88               
WS-OUT ==> ! #$%^&88  BEFORE INSPECT
WS-OUT ==> 000000000  AFTER  INSPECT

Note that numeric 88 in ! #$%^&88 are also changed to zeros
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 7:40 pm
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Hello,

To repeat:
Quote:
What should happen if the value is
Code:
 ws-var = ! #23$%^&88

?

If you merely convert all non-numerals to zeros, you may cause later problems (if the field requires numeric data).


Rather than show TS how they might cause problems, i believe it would be good to understand the business requirement that "identified" this "rule".

After the value has been "fixed" how will it be used? If it is a quantity, an amount, or a key to some random read/insert, merely changing all of the not numerals to numerals will likely cause more problems than it solves.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 12:17 am
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Code:
Command ===> c all p'-' '0' 1 9                                 Scroll ===> CSR
****** ***************************** Top of Data ******************************
000001 ! #$%ï&88                                                               
****** **************************** Bottom of Data ****************************

Code:
Command ===>                                                    Scroll ===> CSR
****** ***************************** Top of Data ******************************
==CHG> 000000088                                                               
****** **************************** Bottom of Data ****************************
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 12:23 am
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Hello dominickim and welcome to the fourms,

Quote:
How about TSO command
Probably not as the request was to do this in COBOL. . . This would be especially true if this was going to be part of a regular, scheduled job.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 5:52 pm
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Hello dominickim

the command which you mention is not possible you know.
i don't know how you show the result?????
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 7:28 pm
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Hello,
what about using numval-Chttp://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/igy3pg30/1.6.6.3?ACTION=MATCHES&REQUEST=NUMVAL-C&TYPE=FUZZY&SHELF=&DT=20050628164603&CASE=&searchTopic=TOPIC&searchText=TEXT&searchIndex=INDEX&rank=RANK&ScrollTOP=FIRSTHIT#FIRSTHIT
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 8:50 pm
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Hello jmreddymca,
What do you mean NOT POSSIBLE? I know it is not a COBOL program he/she wanted to know and I mentioned TSO command first. These are before and after images.
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