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[radhika_engimuri]

Hi

I have a requirement to separate records from input file based on a string (Not constant)

I have two input files - one file having record with a string and another input file with multiple records

Input file 1

0001AAAAAAA --- This AAAAAAA can be any string (it is not a constant). Now I want to search in File2 with this string to find records that match the string and want to separate out matched records into another file

Ex: If AAAAAAA = 8765432 ---- this is an example, I dont have any clue what value varialbe AAAAAAA holds exactly

Input file 2

00016543217
00026543217
00036543217
00048765432
00058765432
00068765432

My output should look like

00048765432
00058765432
00068765432


Thanks in advance,
Radhika

[Frank Yaeger]

What is the RECFM and LRECL of your input file?

What is the starting position and length of the string in input file1? Does it start in position 5 after the 0001, or is the 0001 really not in the record, so the string starts at position 1?

Is the 0001, 0002, etc really in input file2?