Re: Data Structure with same physical file format and fields two times

But David - that is on a whole separate screen/page in the PDF! I can't be
expected to read that far! - OK - it is there and I missed it. I'm glad
it is documented, even if I missed it in my reading. I kind of expected it
to be in that first paragraph, something like (** my added text);

...or as a character literal, for example PREFIX('F1_'). **A character
literal must be uppercase.** A character literal must be used if the prefix
contains a ...

Thanks for pointing out my poor reading skills. 8^P

Jim

On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 1:15 AM, David FOXWELL <David.FOXWELL@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

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From the manual;

PREFIX(prefix{:nbr_of_char_replaced})

The PREFIX keyword is used to partially rename the fields in
an externally described file.The characters specified in the
first parameter are prefixed to the names of all fields
defined in all records of the file specified in positions
7-16. The characters can be specified as a name, for example
PREFIX(F1_), _or as a character literal, for example
PREFIX('F1_')_. A character literal must be used if the
prefix contains a period, for example
PREFIX('F1DS.') or PREFIX('F1DS.A')......

.....a few lines further in the manual....If the prefix is a character
literal, it must be uppercase.
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