How to convert Character format to ZD format

Binaya · New User Joined: 03 Jul 2007 Posts: 77 Location: Hyderabad

How to convert Character format to ZD format?
Example: I want to convert from -100 in CH format to ZD format using sort.

I tried as below

OPTION COPY
OUTREC FIELDS=(1,4,CH,TO=ZD,LENGTH=4)

Frank Yaeger · Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 9:11 pm

Binaya,

The correct DFSORT control statements for converting a value like -100 to a ZD value would be:

Anuj Dhawan · Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 9:45 pm

Frank,

Please let me know, here SFF stands for 'Single File Format' or something else ?

Anuj Dhawan · Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 9:56 pm

I just browsed through the DFSORT Manual, there is a full form of
SFF : Free Form (Signed Numeric)..what is 'Free Form' is there something called as 'slave form'

Frank Yaeger · Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 10:16 pm

SFF is signed free form. UFF is unsigned free form. "Free form" means in "any" form as opposed to a specific form like ZD or PD.

For complete details of DFSORT's SFF and UFF formats, see:

Use [URL] BBCode for External Links

Binaya · New User Joined: 03 Jul 2007 Posts: 77 Location: Hyderabad

Thanks so much Frank.

Anuj Dhawan · Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 1:24 pm

Sriramoju Mahesh · New User Joined: 05 Apr 2018 Posts: 1 Location: India

i used below sort card using SORT utility, in the result i can see that sign bit is being over punched on last character for only negative values but not for positive values. can someone please help me in understanding why sign bit is not getting over punched on last character for positive values.

OUTREC IFTHEN=(WHEN=(06,03,CH,NE,C'000'),
BUILD=(1:1,19,20:20,12,SFF,TO=ZD,LENGTH=11,31:32,56))

example:
-00000010012 is converted to 0000001001K
-00000010034 is converted to 0000001003M
+00000010056 is converted to 00000010056

sergeyken · Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2022 5:04 am

Take a look at the difference between

Rohit Umarjikar · Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2022 5:47 pm

Start a new topic and avoid tailgating old ones.