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Roshnii

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PostPosted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 6:57 am
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I have two files like this


FILE A
Code:
Name      Subject     Date 
------------------------------
Tom        Maths       2010-09-01     
John       Science     2010-07-02
John       Physics     2011-01-01
Robin      Psychology2011-10-01
Anna       Biology     2010-08-01
Alice       Geography 2010-05-02
Thomas   Geology   2011-03-04
Alice        Physics      2011-01-12
Tom       Physics   2010-10-10
Alice     Biology   2011-12-12



Output file
Code:

Name      Subject1   Subject2  subject3
----------------------------------------
Tom       Maths     Physics   
John      Science   Physics
Alice     Geography Physics    Biology

I want all records from the input file where a student has one or more than one subject and in the order when the subject
was taken
Input file is 30 lrec. and each field is 10 bytes long.

Any idea how should I go about?

I have tried taking the duplicate records from the file using sortxsum
and then joining it with the original file to have all records but somehow I am not getting the desired output. Please help
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Arun Raj

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PostPosted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 7:39 am
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I have two files like this
Roshnii,

But I could see only one input file. Are you missing something here. Which sort product/version you're using?

Please use "Code" tags while posting data/code to make it readable and to preserve the alignment.
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dick scherrer

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PostPosted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 9:09 am
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Hi Arun,

The 2 files are 1 input and 1 output.

I've "Code'd" the data and it looks like all of the entries for each "key" are to be written as one output record.

Unfortunately, the max entries on a line has not been specified. Neither has the recfm. Maybe some clarification will be provided. . .
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Roshnii

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 1:49 am
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I apolozize for the confusion :

The files that I had given is not correct.

Here is the correct requirement
Input file

Code:

Tom        Maths         
John       Science     
John       Physics     
Robin      Psychology
Anna       Biology     
Alice      Geography
Thomas     Geology   
Alice      Physics     
Tom        Physics   
Alice      Biology 
Dennis     Biology
Deniis     Biology


Output file

Code:


Tom        Maths   
Tom        Physics       
John       Science     
John       Physics     
Alice      Geography
Alice      Physics     
Alice      Biology 



The file length of input and output file is 25
name is 15 byte long and subject is 10 bytes long.


My output file should have only those students who have more than one different subjects.


I have tried using sort and was able to get the desired result, however, i ended up having many sort steps in my jcl which is
confusing.

I was curious to find out a better way to get the result and in less number of steps.

This is what I tried:

Step1: Sort the file accoring to the student name. FILE1
Step2: Get all the duplicate rows to one file base on the student name alone. FILE2
Step3: Get all duplicate rows from FILE2 based on both the student name and subject both. output: duplicates into:FILE3 Unique records into FILE3A
Step4: Remove the duplicates from FILE3: output FILE4
Step5: Join the files from step4 and step 3 , ie FILE3 and FILE4: ouput FILE5
Step6: Remove duplicates from FILE5 based on the student name and subject name: FILE 6
Step7: Copy files from step6 and step 3 into one file. i.e FILE3A and FILE6.


The above steps gives me the desired output but it is extremely confusing. I have not give the exact code of the steps that i have followed.

I would like to know a simpler way of doing the same thing.
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gcicchet

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 4:31 am
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Hi,

try this
Code:
//S1       EXEC PGM=SYNCTOOL                         
//TOOLMSG  DD SYSOUT=*                               
//DFSMSG   DD SYSOUT=*                               
//IN       DD DSN=input-file                         
//OUT      DD SYSOUT=*                               
//TOOLIN   DD *                                       
SELECT FROM(IN) TO(OUT) ON(1,15,CH) ALLDUPS           
/*                                                   


I'm not sure whether the order of the ouput file is what you want.


Gerry
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Arun Raj

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 6:41 am
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Hi Gerry,

Wont it pull the below records as well into the output, which the OP does not want?
Code:
Dennis     Biology
Deniis     Biology
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 1:17 pm
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Wont it pull the below records as well into the output, which the OP does not want?
Code:
Dennis     Biology
Deniis     Biology




Surely not since they're not duplicates?

Garry.
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enrico-sorichetti

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 1:18 pm
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Arun !
did You watch the speeling ? icon_biggrin.gif
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Arun Raj

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 3:45 pm
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Oh my bad, I did n't.

Nice hint. Thanks enrico. icon_smile.gif icon_smile.gif icon_smile.gif icon_smile.gif
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 8:38 pm
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Whew. . .

For a short while there, i thought new "fuzzy match" functionally was available . . . icon_cool.gif

Have a great weekend!

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Roshnii

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 9:41 pm
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Hi enrico,

Thanks for the solution but it did not give me the desired output.

It gave me duplicates that I dint want. And I wud have to follow the same sort steps to delete duplicates on both the student and the subject.

I have modified the input file.


Code:


Tom        Maths         
John       Science     
John       Physics     
Robin      Psychology
Anna       Biology     
Alice      Geography
Thomas     Geology   
Alice      Physics     
Tom        Physics   
Alice      Biology 
Dennis     Biology
Deniis     Biology
Tom       Maths
Alice     Physics
Robin    Psychology



Then I get this (not nessecarily in this order)

Code:


Tom        Maths   
Tom        Maths
Tom        Physics       
John        Science     
John        Physics     
Alice       Geography
Alice       Physics   
Alice       Physics 
Alice       Biology 
Robin      Psychology
Robin      Psychology




which is correct according to the input file that I had given.
But with the above input file, it does not work in one step.

I would like the input to be like this:

Code:


 
Tom        Maths
Tom        Physics       
John        Science     
John        Physics     
Alice       Geography
Alice       Physics   
Alice       Biology 



I do not want these rows



Code:


Tom        Maths 
Robin      Psychology
Robin      Psychology
Alice       Physics 



I do not want Tom with Maths twice and ALice with Physics twice as that is already recorded once.
I do not want Robin as he does not have different subjects


And I carefully checked if I made any typo this time icon_smile.gif

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enrico-sorichetti

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 10:03 pm
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You do not have to thank me...
I did nothing, just joking with Arun on speeling mistakes icon_biggrin.gif
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 5:59 pm
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Roshnii wrote:
Thanks for the solution but it did not give me the desired output
so the OP comes up with the corrected speeling now. icon_lol.gif

Roshni,

If you really have duplicate records for both name as well as subject, you could try some alternatives.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 6:59 am
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Hi,

moving targets are hard to hit.

Try this
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//TOOLIN   DD *                                             
SELECT FROM(IN) TO(OUT) ON(1,15,CH) ALLDUPS USING(CTL1)     
/*                                                           
//CTL1CNTL DD *                                             
  SORT FIELDS=(1,25,CH,A)                                   
  SUM FIELDS=NONE                                           
/*                                                           



Gerry
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 1:03 pm
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gcicchet wrote:
moving targets are hard to hit
I knew this was going to be one of them. icon_biggrin.gif
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