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Richie
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Situation.
Reading multiple VSAM files.
*-Output -
ON TABLE HOLD AS VSAMPARM FORMAT ALPHA

*- reading back into
-READ VSAMPARM &dob.A8.,&race.A25.,&sex.A6.,&partyname.A47.

&dob.A8 = 07111987

Format required = 'Jul 11,1987'

Thanks
Richard


Web Focus Developer Studio Ver 7.62
Windows XP platform.
mostly dynamically built reports
 
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Francis Mariani
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Use CHGDAT to convert date, use LCWORD to convert case, use EDIT to add comma:

-SET &FR_DT = &YYMD;

-SET &FR_DTX = EDIT(LCWORD(17,CHGDAT('YYMD', 'MTDYY', &FR_DT.EVAL, 'A17'), 'A17'),'999999,99999');

-TYPE &FR_DT / &FR_DTX


Francis


Give me code, or give me retirement. In FOCUS since 1991

Production: WF 7.7.05M, Dev Studio, BID, MRE, WebSphere, DB2 / Test: WF 8.1.05M, App Studio, BI Portal, Report Caster, jQuery, HighCharts, Apache Tomcat, MS SQL Server
 
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Danny-SRL
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Richie,
quote:

-READ VSAMPARM &dob.A8.,&race.A25.,&sex.A6.,&partyname.A47.

Beware: you are mixing 2 -READ formats.
If you add the length after the &variable then you shouldn't use a comma but a space.
If you use a comma, Focus will look for commas in the input file.


Daniel
In Focus since 1982
wf 8.202M/Win10/IIS/SSA - WrapApp Front End for WF

 
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Waz
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Have a look here for 7.6 functions.

CHGDAT is one of many Date related functions.

I have found myself using DATETRAN quite often, due to its extensive formatting options, assuning your date is a Smart Date.


Waz...

Prod:WebFOCUS 7.6.10/8.1.04Upgrade:WebFOCUS 8.2.07OS:LinuxOutputs:HTML, PDF, Excel, PPT
In Focus since 1984
Pity the lost knowledge of an old programmer!

 
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