Hello List,
We have a CMS file, with some fields.
One of this field is a date, in the DD/MM/YY format.
We also have 200 records medium by day.
Another field, is a numeric percentage that I need get the top 50 for each day.
So, We think execute a sort under a REXX EXEC , like this :
trace r
Lima
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 8:10 AM
To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
Subject: Sort Fields Question
Hello List,
We have a CMS file, with some fields.
One of this field is a date, in the DD/MM/YY format.
We also have 200 records medium by day.
Another field, is a numeric percentage that I
Sergio -
Take a look at HELP PIPE SORT.
'PIPE cpux9 batchw a | sort 1-8 descending 63-65 | cpux9 batd a'
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Hello Frank, and Fran.
PIPE run well.
pipe cpux9 batchw a | sort 1-8 descending 63-65 | cpux9 batd a
Thanks very much for your help.
Regards,
Sergio
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2011 09:37:44 -0500
From: f...@zvm.sru.edu
Subject: Re: Sort Fields Question
To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
And, as he only want the first 50, the pipe can be easily extended:
'PIPE cpux9 batchw a | sort 1-8 descending 63-65 | take 50 | cpux9
bat50 a'
What then? Process in REXX? If so, change the pipe to write into a stem
'PIPE cpux9 batchw a | sort 1-8 descending 63-65 | take 50 | stem REC.'
do
Sergio,
Others have already pointed you at PIPE, I use it myself for
descending sorts. There is no descending option in CMS SORT. There is
a descending option in the XEDIT SORT command.
I don't know if your data is going to span across months, but sorting
the date formatted as DD/MM/YY using
