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cmsmoon

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 14, 2012 3:15 pm
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Hi Friends,

could you please help me how to delete blank line in a dataset using commends.

For exp:

The below data avaible in a PS

Raja
ravi

mani
mohan

ram
kani

after executing comments the results should be

Raja
ravi
mani
mohan
ram
kani
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 14, 2012 3:25 pm
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Code:
X ALL '              ' 1;DEL X ALL;SAVE
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 14, 2012 6:36 pm
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Thanks for your reply.

The record length is more than 50 means we cann't use this commend right?
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 14, 2012 6:47 pm
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Why so specific that you need using Macro?
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 14, 2012 7:59 pm
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Code:
x p'^' all
flip
del all x
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enrico-sorichetti

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 14, 2012 8:30 pm
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The record length is more than 50 means we cann't use this commend right?


NO ... WRONG.

instead of posting irrelevant comments wouldn ' t it be faster to try?
( even on a small file )
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 15, 2012 12:29 am
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Pandora-Box wrote:
Code:
X ALL '              ' 1;DEL X ALL;SAVE

Nice! I never thought of that.

Off the top of my head I would have done…
SORT
delete the blank lines

...but I like the X ALL solution better.
Thanks.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 15, 2012 12:43 am
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IMO Pedro suggestion is better
it will find non blank characters in any position of the record
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 15, 2012 12:49 am
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Based on the sample data, Pandora's commands will work.

But the data shown was too simple for 'how to delete blank line?'. If you have blanks in the first 20 columns but have data anywhere in columns 20 - 80, it will delete those lines as well.

My example will only delete lines that do not have any other characters.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 15, 2012 2:41 am
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Pedro wrote:
Code:
x p'^' all
flip
del all x

Hmm, I did the following with the test data in original post and all lines were deleted. Not sure what I did incorrectly.
X P'^' ALL;FLIP;DEL ALL X
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 15, 2012 2:46 am
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I usually go for ..

Code:
EXCLUDE ALL
FIND P'^' ALL
DEL X ALL


watch for the ^ character depending on the codepage used it might be translated to something else
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 15, 2012 2:53 am
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Gary McDowell wrote:
Pedro wrote:
Code:
x p'^' all
flip
del all x

Hmm, I did the following with the test data in original post and all lines were deleted. Not sure what I did incorrectly.
X P'^' ALL;FLIP;DEL ALL X

You recognize that the circumflex (^) has been substituted for the logical NOT (¬)? P'¬' is interpreted by Edit as "all non-spaces"; P'^' is interpreted as "all circumflexes".
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 15, 2012 2:54 am
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enrico-sorichetti wrote:
I usually go for ..

Code:
EXCLUDE ALL
FIND P'^' ALL
DEL X ALL


watch for the ^ character depending on the codepage used it might be translated to something else

Hmm, same result; all 8-lines of the test data were deleted. I ask two other developers to try also and we all got the data deleted.

Hey, thanks anyway.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 15, 2012 3:19 am
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Hmm, same result; all 8-lines of the test data were deleted. I ask two other developers to try also and we all got the data deleted.


unfortunately Your 3270 codepage is <fouled> up

just tested with the 1047 codepage and it works just right
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 15, 2012 3:29 am
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enrico-sorichetti wrote:

unfortunately Your 3270 codepage is <fouled> up

just tested with the 1047 codepage and it works just right

Yep, we have 3270's. Bummer.
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 16, 2012 4:39 am
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Hello,

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Yep, we have 3270's. Bummer.


Uh - MisUnderstandingAlert . . .

We pretty much ALL use 3270 Emulation - this is the "standard" terminal interface to the mainframe.

The Codepages are different definitions of how characters are to be handled. Whet Enrico posted says that usng the code page 1047, the process works.

Suggest you talk with whoever supports your terminal emulator product to see how yours is configured.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 18, 2012 3:51 pm
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Akatsukami wrote:
Gary McDowell wrote:
Pedro wrote:
Code:
x p'^' all
flip
del all x

Hmm, I did the following with the test data in original post and all lines were deleted. Not sure what I did incorrectly.
X P'^' ALL;FLIP;DEL ALL X

You recognize that the circumflex (^) has been substituted for the logical NOT (¬)? P'¬' is interpreted by Edit as "all non-spaces"; P'^' is interpreted as "all circumflexes".



Thanks it is working
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 18, 2012 8:33 pm
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fyi : del all nx = flip ; del all x
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 2:41 pm
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Try Akatsukami's suggestion in 3270, that will work.
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x all p'¬'
flip
del all x 
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 8:06 pm
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fyi : del all nx = flip ; del all x

If you use DEL ALL NX, your screen will have only excluded lines. You will not see what you want to see.
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 9:24 pm
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Ranjithkumar wrote:
Try Akatsukami's suggestion in 3270, that will work.
Code:

x all p'¬'
flip
del all x 
I was not sure initially how to type the '⌐' character. Just for those who are not sure how to do that - You will need to type '1', '6', '9' keeping the ALT button pressed in the keyboard.... icon_razz.gif
Hope this method works for everybody
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 12:24 am
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Yep, we have 3270's. Bummer.


Can you elaborate on the 'Bummer'?.
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 12:28 am
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I was not sure initially how to type the '⌐' character. Just for those who are not sure how to do that


More typically, it is a simple Shift/6 (uppercase of number 6). When you type it in the editor, it should add the ^ character which is '5F'x.
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 2:12 am
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Hi Pedro,

Shift/6 is typing in the '^' character. When I give this command on the TSO it is not working as expected. The '⌐' (ALT-1 6 9) is working though ... icon_smile.gif
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 2:31 am
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Gary McDowell wrote:
enrico-sorichetti wrote:

unfortunately Your 3270 codepage is <fouled> up

just tested with the 1047 codepage and it works just right

Yep, we have 3270's. Bummer.

As in honest-to-Kamisami 327x terminals as used in the 1970s?
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