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Priya Karthik
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Location: India
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I have a requirement where 2 sequential files needs to be compared using a alphanumeric key and matched records need to be written to a output file. I have seen logics where numeric keys are compared. is it possible to compare the alphanumeric in the same way as below?
Match-para:
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if key1=key2
write output
if key1<key2
read inputfile1
perform match-para
if key2>key1
read inputfile2
perform match-para
Kindly help me whether i can follow the same condition checking for alphanumeric as well? |
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prino
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Location: Vilnius, Lithuania
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You're an expert? Posting on a forum for experts?
Why the flucking hell couldn't an expert like you test it yourself?
'nuff said! |
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Rohit Umarjikar
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Welcome!
Moved the topic to Student forum.
I would suggest you give a try and see what happens. Besides you can do any of such operations using DFSORT much quicker than COBOL programming. Think about that too. |
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Priya Karthik
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| I will do the testing. My requirement is not to use DFSORT and need to compare using COBOL programming. |
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Rohit Umarjikar
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| So then definitely you must code and try. |
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