Convert two PD fields to Numeric using Sort



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Convert two PD fields to Numeric using Sort

Postby Kitz » Wed Nov 04, 2015 4:09 am

Hi there,

I have two packed decimal fields in a file of record length 80
Field1 1-4 (S9(7) COMP-3)
Field2 5-9 (S9(9) COMP-3)

I tried to do with the below, but the results are not as expected.
INREC BUILD=(1,9,PD,TO=ZD,LENGTH=16

Could you please advise how do I convert the data to numeric using SORT?
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Re: Convert two PD fields to Numeric using Sort

Postby Robert Sample » Wed Nov 04, 2015 4:38 am

Treat them as separate fields. Your INREC is attempting to use the first field's sign bits as data, which will give erroneous results at best.
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Re: Convert two PD fields to Numeric using Sort

Postby BillyBoyo » Wed Nov 04, 2015 5:26 am

As Robert says, something like this;

 INREC BUILD=(1,4,PD,TO=ZD,LENGTH=7,5,5,TO=ZD,LENGTH=9)
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Re: Convert two PD fields to Numeric using Sort

Postby Kitz » Thu Nov 05, 2015 3:35 am

Thanks a lot Billy Boya. I am able to convert the file to numeric now.

For some reasons, these fields are coming with a prefix '0' to each field.
1.Could you please advise how to I get rid of '0' to these fields?
2. Also, pls let me know how to I get a space in between these two fields in the output file.

Current file:
0111111011111111
0222222022222222
0121212014345678

Expected output:
111111 11111111
222222 22222222
121212 14345678
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Re: Convert two PD fields to Numeric using Sort

Postby BillyBoyo » Thu Nov 05, 2015 4:51 am

Change both the LENGTH=s. Use X between the fields to insert one blank (2X to insert two blanks).
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Re: Convert two PD fields to Numeric using Sort

Postby Terry Heinze » Thu Nov 05, 2015 8:02 pm

Kitz,
In the future, please use code tags to indicate spacing:
Current file:
0111111011111111
0222222022222222
0121212014345678

Expected output:
111111 11111111
222222 22222222
121212 14345678
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