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arpita70003

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 7:46 pm
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Hi,

I need to get a particular sting from a record and omit the rest.

For instance, if i have a file containing many records like,

* START **************
**********************
*
* SYSOUT ID: XYZ
* GEN: 2742
* SEQ: 1
*
**********************

and i need to extract only the data that is present in 10th to 13th column from the dataset.

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Arpita
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Arun Raj

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 7:56 pm
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Hello,

You can do this using any of the SORT products in your shop.
For extracting pos- 10 to 13, you can use an INREC statement like this
Code:
//STEP01    EXEC PGM=SORT       
//SYSOUT    DD   SYSOUT=*       
//SORTIN    DD   DSN= Input file
//SORTOUT   DD   DSN= Output file     
//SYSIN     DD  *               
 INREC FIELDS=(10,4)           
 SORT FIELDS=COPY 
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 12:29 am
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Hello Arpita and welcome to the forum,

Quote:
and i need to extract only the data that is present in 10th to 13th column from the dataset.
Is there some reason to make a new file? If all that is needed is the data in pos 10-13, why not simply use the original file rather than making some very limited use copy?
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 8:19 am
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Thanks D.Sch,

I am developing a tool ,so i need to go through various steps of extracting the data from the file. And the final output file will be be given to a Rexx code for further processing.

Thanks a lot..


Hi Arun,

Hope this will work out. Thanks..

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Arpita
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 11:06 am
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Hi D.Sch,

Let me give you my requirement.

Suppose i have a file:

Code:
----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6--
***************************** Top of Data ********************
 19.49.56 JOB012345---- FRIDAY,    26 SEP 2008 ----           
 IEF373I STEP/ABCDE   /START 2008270.1949                     
 IEF374I STEP/ABCXYZ  /STOP  2008270.1949 CPU    0MIN 00.04SEC


I need to check the (23:5) data of all the record. If that is same as '/STOP', i need to extract the data from (50:12) field of that matched record. And in the output file i need to add my comments and write the extracted field.

The output file should look like
Code:
EXECUTION TIME: 0MIN 00.04SEC                       
(comment added) (field extracted from the input file)
                                                     


Initially i thought i can process this in the REXX code. But it will be fine if i can achieve this by JCL itself. Please guide.
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Arun Raj

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PostPosted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 11:15 am
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I need to check the (23:5) data of all the record. If that is same as '/STOP', i need to extract the data from (50:12) field of that matched record. And in the output file i need to add my comments and write the extracted field.

It is possible to extract fields as you mentioned above, but I dont have any idea about how you are planning to add 'comments' in the output. Will it be the same for all the extracted records? Also where do we get the first record from? - EXECUTION TIME: 0MIN 00.04SEC.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 11:43 am
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Hi Arun,


EXECUTION TIME: 0MIN 00.04SEC.

Here

EXECUTION TIME: -> comment

0MIN 00.04SEC -> extracted data from (50:12) field of the matched record


The comments of all the records of the output file will not be same, if the input record is with '/STOP' in the (23:5) position then only the above process should be performed..


I really have no idea if i can achieve this by JCL..
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 11:48 am
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Hi,

this is what I think you need but it should be (50:13) so you don't truncate the C in SEC, although you will truncate anything greater than 9 commencing in 50
Code:
  SORT FIELDS=COPY                         
  OUTFIL INCLUDE=(23,5,CH,EQ,C'/STOP'),   
  BUILD=(01:C'EXECUTION TIME: ',50,13)     



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arpita70003

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PostPosted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 12:09 pm
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Hi Gerry,

I tried out with the SYSIN card. It gave an abend saying

Code:
SORTIN   : RECFM=FBA  ; LRECL=   133; BLKSIZE=  1330   
SORTOUT  : RECFM=FBA  ; LRECL=   133; BLKSIZE=  1330   
SORTOUT  HAS INCOMPATIBLE LRECL                       


Is there anything specific with the LRECL field?
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gcicchet

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PostPosted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 2:49 pm
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Hi,

try
Code:
  SORT FIELDS=COPY                           
  OUTFIL INCLUDE=(23,5,CH,EQ,C'/STOP'),       
  BUILD=(01:C'EXECUTION TIME: ',50,13,133:X) 



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 6:21 pm
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Thanks Gerry,

The code worked fine..

By using the same kind of SYSIN card, is it possible to extract more than one data based on more than one search conditions,

For example,

Code:
----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6--
***************************** Top of Data ********************
 19.49.56 JOB012345---- FRIDAY,    26 SEP 2008 ----           
 IEF373I STEP/ABCDE   /START 2008270.1949                     
 IEF374I STEP/ABCXYZ  /STOP  2008270.1949 CPU    0MIN 00.04SEC


If i want to validate two conditions on the above input file ,

Condition 1 - If the (23:6)data = '/START'

extract (30:12)data with 'START TIME : ' as comment.

Condition 2 - If the (23:5)data ='/STOP'

extract (30:12)data with 'STOP TIME:' and (50:13)data with 'EXECUTION TIME:' as comments.

The desired output looks like,

Code:
START TIME: 2008270.1949 (extracted from the 1st record of i/p file)
STOP TIME: 2008270.1949(extracted from (30:12) data of 2nd input record)
EXECUTION TIME: 0MIN 00.04SEC (extracted from (50:13)data of 2nd record)


Please assist.
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Arun Raj

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PostPosted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 8:21 pm
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Hello,

The below Syncsort job works for your requirement. I have assumed FB, LRECL=80 for the output dataset. You can modify it as per your attributes.

Code:
//STEP01    EXEC PGM=SORT                                     
//SYSOUT    DD   SYSOUT=*                                     
//SORTIN    DD   DSN= Input  File -----> FBA,LRECL=133         
//SORTOUT   DD   DSN= Output File -----> FB,LRECL=80           
//SYSIN     DD  *                                             
  INCLUDE COND=(23,6,CH,EQ,C'/START',OR,23,5,CH,EQ,C'/STOP')   
  SORT FIELDS=COPY                                             
  OUTFIL IFTHEN=(WHEN=(23,6,CH,EQ,C'/START'),                 
                BUILD=(C'START TIME     : ',30,12)),           
         IFTHEN=(WHEN=(23,5,CH,EQ,C'/STOP'),                   
                BUILD=(C'STOP TIME      : ',30,12,/,           
                       C'EXECUTION TIME : ',50,13)),IFOUTLEN=80

SORTOUT
Code:
START TIME     : 2008270.1949
STOP TIME      : 2008270.1949
EXECUTION TIME : 0MIN 00.04SEC
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 4:21 pm
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Wow.... :)thanks a lottttt.........
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