Thomas,
As others have explained it is quite simple to get the desired results. I
am showing examples for both FB and VB files using symbols. With symbols
you have the flexibility of changing it and then not worry about changing
the control cards.
A brief explanation of the job.
1. The first IFTHEN with WHEN=INIT, we will number all records in the file
with a 8 byte sequence number.
2. The next 2 IFTHEN statements will validate that sequence number and
build the record. If you have more ranges then you can add IFTHEN
statements before the last IFTHEN with WHEN=NONE statement
//STEP0100 EXEC PGM=SORT
//SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYMNOUT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYMNAMES DD *
FILE-REC-LENGTH,1,80,CH
RECORD-SEQ-NUMBER,*,8,ZD
REQD-DATA1,1,3,CH
REQD-DATA2,31,10,CH
REQD-DATA3,71,10,CH
RECD-SELECT-NUM1,5
RECD-SELECT-NUM2,7
RECD-SELECT-NUM3,9
//SORTIN DD DISP=SHR,DSN=Your Input FB file
//SORTOUT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSIN DD *
OPTION COPY
INREC IFTHEN=(WHEN=INIT,OVERLAY=(RECORD-SEQ-NUMBER:SEQNUM,8,ZD)),
IFTHEN=(WHEN=(RECORD-SEQ-NUMBER,GT,RECD-SELECT-NUM1,AND,
RECORD-SEQ-NUMBER,LE,RECD-SELECT-NUM2),
BUILD=(REQD-DATA1,REQD-DATA2)),
IFTHEN=(WHEN=(RECORD-SEQ-NUMBER,GT,RECD-SELECT-NUM2,AND,
RECORD-SEQ-NUMBER,LE,RECD-SELECT-NUM3),
BUILD=(REQD-DATA1,REQD-DATA2,REQD-DATA3)),
IFTHEN=(WHEN=NONE,BUILD=(REQD-DATA2))
//*
The above control cards will be translated as the following
//SYSIN DD *
OPTION COPY
INREC IFTHEN=(WHEN=INIT,OVERLAY=(81:SEQNUM,8,ZD)),
IFTHEN=(WHEN=(81,8,ZD,GT,5,AND,81,8,ZD,LE,7),
BUILD=(1,3,31,10)),
IFTHEN=(WHEN=(81,8,ZD,GT,7,AND,81,8,ZD,LE,9),
BUILD=(1,3,31,10,71,10)),
IFTHEN=(WHEN=NONE,BUILD=(31,10))
//*
If you have VB input files then you need to use sequencing of the records
right after the RDW.
//STEP0200 EXEC PGM=SORT
//SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYMNOUT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYMNAMES DD *
FILE-RDW,1,4,BI
RECORD-SEQ-NUMBER,*,8,ZD
VBDATA-SPOS,=
REQD-DATA1,*,3,CH
SKIP,27
REQD-DATA2,*,10,CH
SKIP,30
REQD-DATA3,*,10,CH
RECD-SELECT-NUM1,5
RECD-SELECT-NUM2,7
RECD-SELECT-NUM3,9
//SORTIN DD DISP=SHR,DSN=Your Input VB File
//SORTOUT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSIN DD *
OPTION COPY
INREC IFTHEN=(WHEN=INIT,
BUILD=(FILE-RDW,RECORD-SEQ-NUMBER:SEQNUM,8,ZD,VBDATA-SPOS)),
IFTHEN=(WHEN=(RECORD-SEQ-NUMBER,GT,RECD-SELECT-NUM1,AND,
RECORD-SEQ-NUMBER,LE,RECD-SELECT-NUM2),
BUILD=(FILE-RDW,REQD-DATA1,REQD-DATA2)),
IFTHEN=(WHEN=(RECORD-SEQ-NUMBER,GT,RECD-SELECT-NUM2,AND,
RECORD-SEQ-NUMBER,LE,RECD-SELECT-NUM3),
BUILD=(FILE-RDW,REQD-DATA1,REQD-DATA2,REQD-DATA3)),
IFTHEN=(WHEN=NONE,BUILD=(FILE-RDW,REQD-DATA2))
//*
Further if you have any questions, please let me know
Thanks,
Kolusu
DFSORT Development
IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> wrote on
10/23/2014 06:43:44 AM:
> From: Thomas Berg <thomas.b...@swedbank.se>
> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> Date: 10/23/2014 06:44 AM
> Subject: Re: DFSORT/ICETOOL pondering
> Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU]
> > On Behalf Of Elardus Engelbrecht
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 3:52 PM
> > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> > Subject: Re: DFSORT/ICETOOL pondering
> >
> > Thomas Berg wrote:
> >
> > >Sometimes I have a need to do a selective copy of a dataset where the
> > selection is both record sequence and record position/part dependent.
> > >And by that I mean the record part/position is varying depending on
which
> > record it's about.
> > >An example (yes, it looks silly):
> >
> > Who ever gave you homework is silly... ;-D
>
> ...it's me... :)
>
> > >I want to copy position 31 to 40 of all records but from record
> 8 and 9 I want
> > to copy also (concatenate) position 71 to 80 and from record 6 to 8 I
also
> > (concatenate in "front") want to copy position 1 to 3.
> >
> > Hmmm. Hard requirement if you want all of this in ONE pass. Could
> you be kind
> > to post an example of your input and output?
>
> An hypotethical example (monospace font recommended):
>
> Input:
> ----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----
> +----7----+----8
>
001aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbb01ccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccdddddddd01
>
002aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbb02ccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccdddddddd02
>
003aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbb03ccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccdddddddd03
>
004aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbb04ccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccdddddddd04
>
005aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbb05ccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccdddddddd05
>
006aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbb06ccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccdddddddd06
>
007aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbb07ccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccdddddddd07
>
008aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbb08ccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccdddddddd08
>
009aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbb09ccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccdddddddd09
>
010aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbb10ccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccdddddddd10
>
>
> Output:
> ----+----1----+----2----+----3
> bbbbbbbb01
> bbbbbbbb02
> bbbbbbbb03
> bbbbbbbb04
> bbbbbbbb05
> 006bbbbbbbb06
> 007bbbbbbbb07
> 008bbbbbbbb08dddddddd08
> bbbbbbbb09dddddddd09
> bbbbbbbb10
>
>
> > What about the rest of input? Should they stay the same during
> copy or left out
> > of the output?
>
> The rest is discarded.
>
> > >I can see the use of the SUBSET (ICETOOL) for record selection
> but how do you
> > user DFSORT/ICETOOL to solve the combining record and varying position
needs
> > ?
> >
> > What about SPLICE and JOIN?
>
> I haven't looked more closely at these. Thought they required a
> matching file etc.
>
> > >I now use a homegrown program for this but it's lacking
> efficiency to say the
> > least and I'm looking at DFSORTs efficiency and speed.
> >
> > How so? Could you post that program or some snippets? I believe I
> could do that
> > with REXX.
>
> That program IS coded in REXX. It works but it's a problem with
> (very) large files.
> (This program is sort of a Swiss Army Knife with lot of other
> functions, this copy problem is a minor subfunction in it.
> I use it e g as a line command at ISPF 3.4 etc.)
>
>
>
> Best Regards,
> Thomas Berg
> ___________________________________________________________________
> Thomas Berg Specialist zOS/RQM/IT Delivery Swedbank AB (Publ)
>
>
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