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Ved
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I have a String that contains values separated by comma.
I need to create a HOLD file out of the entries in this string.

Example: Say the String is ABC,DEF,DFR,GHT,PQR

I need to have a HOLD file out of this string such that its content would be

ABC
DEF
DFR
GHT
PQR

Can anyone provide any insights into this?


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FrankDutch
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You might create a master that looks like this

FILENAME=FP, SUFFIX=COM
SEGNAME=ROOT, OCCURS=VARIABLE
FIELD=CODE,,A6,,$


Never tried the "occurs=varibale" with a COM file, but you can try.

The master file describes your text file.

But if this is for only one time and the file is not that big I would do it in an other way.

Open the file in an editor.
Find and replace the comma for a CRLF and save the file again....




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FrankDutch
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I tested it myself

It does not work with COM

So I added a extra field that reeds the comma and then it does work.

I'm looking forward to some other solutions.




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Danny-SRL
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Ved,

Do you have one record containing that string or many?


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Ved
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I just have an amper variable that contains the comma separated values (as a single string)


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Danny-SRL
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Ved,

Try this:

  
-* File ved3.fex
FILEDEF VED DISK VED.FTM
-RUN
-SET &VED='ABC,DEF,DFR,GHT,PQR';
-SET &V='X';
-SET &I=0;
-REPEAT #V1 WHILE &V NE ' ';
-SET &I=&I+1;
-SET &V=GETTOK(&VED, &VED.LENGTH, &I, ',', 3, 'A3');
-IF &V EQ ' ' GOTO #VDONE;
-WRITE VED &V
-#V1
-#VDONE
-RUN
!TYPE VED.FTM


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