great - i got that to work in my PIPE. thanks for the direction. prg
Phillip Gramly Systems Programmer Communications Data Group Champaign, IL The IBM z/VM Operating System <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> wrote on 11/15/2007 03:08:40 PM: > You can issue PIPE AHELP SPECTUT and PIPE AHELP SPECREF for a tutorial > and the SPECS reference. > > A little changed pipe: > PIPE (sep !) Literal |1234.56| > ! Specs FS | a: F2 . Print a*10000000 PIC 99999999999999 1 > ! cons > > And, as you seem brandnew in 407: > "a: F2 . " > means assign symbol "a" to field 2, but don't place field 2 in the the > output record. > Print is to store a symbol, counter calculation, ... in the output > record, here we store field 2 in column 1, after a multiplication. > 2007/11/15, Rich Greenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On: Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 02:43:03PM -0600,[EMAIL PROTECTED] Wrote: > > } also, i don't find anything in the manual about 'print a*' > } can you explain that part of the pipe? > > Phil, > Look for "407 emulation", probably in the "Authors help". > > -- > Rich Greenberg N Ft Myers, FL, USA richgr atsign panix.com + 1 239 543 1353 > Eastern time. N6LRT I speak for myself & my dogs only. VM'er since CP-67 > Canines:Val, Red, Shasta & Casey (RIP), Red & Zero, Siberians Owner:Chinook-L > Retired at the beach Asst Owner:Sibernet-L > > > > -- > Kris Buelens, > IBM Belgium, VM customer support
