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<msam>
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Hi,
I was in need of subtracting the data from one of the hold file.It would be kind enough if anyone has done this before. I know we have a MORE command to append the files but in my case i need to subtract the data.Any suggestion with FOCUS would be appreciated rather than using the FML --RECAP .

 TABLE FILE CAR
SUM
SALES_COST
RETAIL_COST
ON TABLE HOLD AS HOLD1
MORE 
FILE
HOLD2
MORE
FILE HOLD3

I need to implement like (HOLD1+HOLD2)-HOLD3

Regards,
MSAM

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<JG>
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MORE does exactly what you say, It adds.

MATCH FILE using the OLD-NOT-NEW option is the way to go.
 
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Francis Mariani
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I'm not too sure what you mean by subtract the data, but if you want to subtract the SALES_COST and RETAIL-COST column values in files HOLD2 and HOLD3 from the column values in file HOLD1, then when creating HOLD2 and HOLD3, multiply the values by -1. Then, issuing the MORE command will add the column values of the three HOLD files together, in fact subtracting the second and third from the first.


Francis


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<msam>
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Hi,
Francis,
Can you give me an example that would be kind enough.

Regards,
MSAM
 
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Francis Mariani
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Something like this:

-* File fmtest4.fex

SET ASNAMES=ON
SET HOLDFORMAT=ALPHA
SET HOLDLIST=PRINTONLY
-RUN

TABLE FILE GGSALES
SUM
UNITS/D10
DOLLARS/D10
BY REGION
WHERE CATEGORY EQ 'Coffee'
ON TABLE HOLD AS H001
END
-RUN

TABLE FILE GGSALES
SUM
COMPUTE UNITSN/D10   = UNITS * (-1); AS UNITS
COMPUTE DOLLARSN/D10 = DOLLARS * (-1); AS DOLLARS
BY REGION
WHERE CATEGORY EQ 'Food'
ON TABLE HOLD AS H002
END
-RUN

TABLE FILE GGSALES
SUM
COMPUTE UNITSN/D10   = UNITS * (-1); AS UNITS
COMPUTE DOLLARSN/D10 = DOLLARS * (-1); AS DOLLARS
BY REGION
WHERE CATEGORY EQ 'Gifts'
ON TABLE HOLD AS H003
END
-RUN

TABLE FILE H001
SUM
UNITS
DOLLARS
BY REGION
MORE
FILE H002
MORE 
FILE H003
END
-RUN


Francis


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

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<msam>
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Thanks Francis.. This is what I was looking for..thank you so much..
 
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