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Posted: **Tue Jul 09, 2013 4:25 pm**

I have a 5 byte field. Want to eliminate all records which have embedded spaces. The space can be at leading or trailing or anywhere at middle. The file have millions of records.
Please provide an efficient way to achieve this in cobol.

Posted: **Tue Jul 09, 2013 4:31 pm**

INSPECT the field TALLYING spaces. If the count is greater than zero, do not write the record.

Posted: **Tue Jul 09, 2013 5:25 pm**

An alternative would be to drop the unwanted records before your program even starts by running the data through your sort product.

Posted: **Tue Jul 09, 2013 5:40 pm**

Reference Modification would work.

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IF field (1:1) = SPACE
OR field (2:1) = SPACE
OR field (3:1) = SPACE
OR field (4:1) = SPACE
OR field (5:1) = SPACE
<bypass logic>
END-IF

Posted: **Tue Jul 09, 2013 11:26 pm**

Just sub-defining the field will also do it.

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01 a-nice-name.
05 FILLER PIC X.
88 a-nice-name-byte-1-blank-ign value space.
05 FILLER PIC X.
88 a-nice-name-byte-2-blank-ign value space.
05 FILLER PIC X.
88 a-nice-name-byte-3-blank-ign value space.
05 FILLER PIC X.
88 a-nice-name-byte-4-blank-ign value space.
05 FILLER PIC X.
88 a-nice-name-byte-5-blank-ign value space.

If this is all your program is doing, or the data is already going through a SORT somewhere handy, then SORT will be a good solution.

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OMIT COND=(1,5,SS,EQ,C' ')

Posted: **Tue Jul 09, 2013 11:52 pm**

Darn, the
OMIT COND=(1,5,CH,SS,C' ')
did not work for me.

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...+....10...+....20...+....30...+....40...+....50...+....60...+....70...+....80...+....
SYNCSORT FOR Z/OS 1.4.0.1R U.S. PATENTS: 4210961, 5117495 (C) 2010 SYNCSORT INC.
z/OS 1.13.0
SYNCSORT LICENSED FOR CPU SERIAL NUMBER 671A7, MODEL 2827 707 LICENSE/PRODUC
SYSIN :
SORT FIELDS=(1,5,CH,A)
OMIT COND=(1,5,CH,SS,C' ')
*
WER251A INCLUDE/OMIT INVALID COND
WER211B SYNCSMF CALLED BY SYNCSORT; RC=0000
WER449I SYNCSORT GLOBAL DSM SUBSYSTEM ACTIVE
************************************************************ End of Data ***************

Posted: **Wed Jul 10, 2013 12:23 am**

Thanks c62ap90, that's cos I bloopered it. I'll update the original as well to avoid the confusion.

Should be:

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OPTION COPY
OMIT COND=(1,5,SS,EQ,C' ')

//SORTIN DD *
12345
1 345
123 5
1234
12 5
2345

Output is:

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12345

The SS is a "field type". Here it will find one (or more) blanks in positions 1,5.

Another use of SS is to test the same field for multiple values, which can simplify things by removing an OR or two.

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OPTION COPY
OMIT COND=(1,5,SS,EQ,C'12345,1 345, 2345')

//SORTIN DD *
12345
1 345
123 5
1234
12 5
2345

Output is:

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123 5
1234
12 5

Posted: **Wed Jul 10, 2013 4:36 pm**

Thanks for the correction BillyBoyo. Tested well now.

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