RE: Copy variable to PF

David,

I would create a procedure to parse the string.

Input the string and separator character, return a DS with the fields.

Make the DS large enough (enough subfields) so that it can be re-used for other files as well.

Best regards,


Peter Colpaert
Software Engineer, Consumer Luminaires
Industrieterrein Satenrozen 11, 2550 Kontich, Belgium
Tel. +32/ 3 450 74 09, Fax +32/ 3 450 74 33, Internal 1317
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-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-
bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David FOXWELL
Sent: dinsdag 24 november 2009 14:23
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Copy variable to PF

Hi,

A coworker asks :

For a neat way to do this :

Copier the variable MyVar= 'Abcd;cdef;ghijk;12345678aa;'

To a physical file so :

FIELD1 FIELD2 FIELD3 FIELD4
Abcd cdef ghijk 12345678aa

There are a fixed number of fields, but with varying lengths separated
by semi-colons.

Thanks.
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