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johnnymossin
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I trying to select some records from a ascii encoded dataset.
this is working:
INCLUDE COND=(1,5,CH,EQ,X'3031323334')
I was guessing that this should be the same, but does not select any records:
INCLUDE COND=(1,5,AC,EQ,C'01234')
maybe AC format does not work like this. but this example is very simplified, and I could really use the extra space pr line, that a C'' would give, rather than be forced to use X''. |
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sergeyken
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1. Print your ACTUAL input field to verify this:
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| BUILD=(1,5,HEX,...) |
2. According to SORT manual, in your INCLUDE/OMIT statements the format AC can be compared only to AC, and nothing else.
Sometimes reading the manual could help.
3. AC format definition: EBCDIC characters are translated to their ASCII equivalent before merging (and whatever else). Your understanding is just opposite to this definition. |
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johnnymossin
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thanx for a very fast answer.
I did read the manual, and saw the matrix on include cond formats.
and I guessed as much, I just posted the question to be sure, since I could really use the extra space pr line.
and if AC can't be compare to C'01234', sort might have given me an error msg. |
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sergeyken
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| johnnymossin wrote: |
and if AC can't be compare to C'01234', sort might have given me an error msg. |
This is not syntax error, there is no error message.
This is logical error in your algorithm. Same as
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x = 100;
y = 0;
z = x / y; |
There is no compiler error message, but the result will be not what you might expect... |
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