Hi, As Martin and Massimo has shown you need to use substring search (SS). Here is a simple example for picking records which have keyword "ABC" in positions 1 thru 50.
//STEP0100 EXEC PGM=SORT //SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=* //SORTIN DD * ABC RECORD-1 PICK THIS RECORD RECORD-2 DROP THIS RECORD PICK THIS RECORD ABC AT DIFFERENT POSITION SHOW ABC RECORD IS BEING PICKED //SORTOUT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSIN DD * OPTION COPY INCLUDE COND=(01,50,SS,EQ,C'ABC') /* Thanks, Kolusu ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
