Sort help request

[Srini1808]

Greetings!
I have a file which is 40 bytes fixed block. Most if the records contain first 20 bytes only. There are a few records which have full 40 bytes. I am trying to write out a file with 20 bytes record size, as shown. If the input file has 4 records, you can see that we will have 5 records in the output. I tried to use sort inRec with IFTHEN logic By checking byte 1 and byte 21 for non blank it did not work. I tried HIT NEXT, it too would not create 2 records Reading a single record. Any help in making me think in the right direction is highly appreciated. Thanks - sreeni
Input

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Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb
CccccccccccccccccccccDddddddddddddddddddd
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Output

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Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb
Ccccccccccccccccccccc
Ddddddddddddddddddd
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Code'd

[BillyBoyo]

Please use the Code tags to preseve spacing when posting.

If you need multiple (two or more) records from an input record, you have to use OUTFIL's slash operator (/), which is available on BUILD.

So you need OUTFIL with IFTHEN=(WHEN=(logical expression) for the record you want to split, then BUILD=(1,20,/,21,20) or similar.

[Srini1808]

Thank You very much! Worked perfectly!