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Hi,
I know the INREC builds the statement before sorting and OUTREC builds the statement.
But both INREC AND OUTREC produces the same result.

Can anyone give the real time example to differentiate the INREC and OUTREC concepts ?

Thank you,
Magesh.

Hello,

Suggest you review some of the topics already posted in the forum that specify INREC and/or OUTREC. If there is something in a topic that is not clear, post what you found and your doubt. SOmeone will be able to clarify.

Also;

Kolusu wrote:If you're not familiar with DFSORT and DFSORT's ICETOOL, I'd suggest reading through "z/OS DFSORT: Getting Started". It's an excellent tutorial, with lots of examples, that will show you how to use DFSORT, DFSORT's ICETOOL and DFSORT Symbols. You can access it online, along with all of the other DFSORT books, from:

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss? ... g3T7000080

Magesh,

The difference in when INREC and OUTREC are processed IS what differentiates them.

For example, if we have these input records:



and we use these DFSORT control statements:



we will SORT and then do the replace with OUTREC, so the SORTOUT would have:



But if we use these control statements:



we will do the replace with INREC and then SORT, so SORTOUT would have:



Does that answer your question? If not, you need to explain more clearly what it is you want to know.