Re: changing two fields in a file

[Jim Langston <jlangston@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Actually, it was stated his 1 char alpha field going to numeric
was currently in the form '1' to 'B' for months of the year (one
character hexadimal).

Regards,

Jim Langston

Henrik Krebs wrote:

> Nedenfor er resultatet af din e-mail formular.
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> message: >Use RPG 3 or 4.  Input externally described, output externally 
>described.
> >Rename the input record format.  Rename the input fields that are different.
> >Only 1 move(p) or moveL(p) per field is different.   15 line program like you
> >wanted.
>
> 15 lines? 9 will do if the alpha-content is valid numeric
> If the old file is named 'FILE' and has a record format 'REC' and then - 
>before creating the new file - is renamed 'OLDFILE' the nine lines look like:
> FOLDFILE IP  E                    DISK
> F            REC                               KRENAMEOLDREC
> FFILE    O   E                    DISK
> IOLDREC      01
> I              FIELD1                          OLD1
> I              FIELD2                          OLD2
> C                     MOVE OLD1      FIELD1
> C                     Z-ADDOLD2      FIELD2
> C   01                WRITEREC
> Any shorter?
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