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  • Subject: Re: HOW TO USE A QASCII TRANSLATION TABLE
  • From: Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 10:39:45 -0500

How are you trying to use translation tables?  For example if you are trying to 
convert something from mixed case to upper case in an RPG program the XLATE 
opcode makes an excellent choice:
DName+++++++++++ETDsFrom+++To/L+++IDc.Keywords+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++  
¦   D Up              C                   'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRS-                 
                   
¦   D                                     'TUVWXYZ'                             
                   
¦   D Lo              C                   'abcdefghijklmnopqrs-                 
                   
¦                                         'tuvwxyz'                             
                   
¦   CL0N01Factor1+++++++Opcode(E)+Factor2+++++++Result++++++++Len++D+HiLoEq..   
                   
¦    *                                                                          
                   
¦    * In the following example, all values in STRING are translated to         
                   
¦    * uppercase.  As a result, RESULT='RPG DEPT'.                              
                   
¦    *                                                                          
                   
¦   C                   MOVE      'rpg dept'    String            8             
                   
¦   C     Lo:Up         XLATE     String        Result                          
                   

If you are trying to make a logical file on a physical file and want the 
logical file to sort on a field regardless of case you should try the parameter 
SRTSEQ(QSYS/QSYSTRNTBL) on the CRTLF command.  The input to your program will 
still be a mix of upper and lower case.  I use this for sorting names but still 
reading the names in mixed case.

If you are trying to make a logical file on a physical file and want the field 
in the logical file to be all upper case then try the TRNTBL keyword using the 
QSYS/QSYSTRNTBL table.





prakashsubramani@hotmail.com on 08/27/98 10:02:15 AM
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SIR,

I have got a program which reads ascii values from a database table. In 
the logical file, there is a field called TRNTBL, but whenever I specify 
QASCII here, it reports an error. I don't know how to use this TRNTBL 
keyword for my program. Please help me in knowing more about this 
keyword.


Also is there method for converting uppercase letters to lowercase 
letters through translation tables or are there any program readily 
available to do so? I remember seeing QCASE256 translation table for 
conversion from lowercase to uppercase, but from uppercase to lowercase 
iam not sure, please help me

My mail Id is prakashsubramani@hotmail.com

Prakash



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