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sushshibu · Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2004 12:40 am Post subject: compare two files records

Hi All
is there any option for comparing 2 files records with just one command in cobol.
sush

NutCracker · Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2004 1:49 am Post subject:

1/ Open File-1 in Edit/View mode
2/ On the Command Line, type in COMPARE '<File-2>'
3/ All hightlighted lines with '======' are from File-2

HTH

kolusu · Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2004 8:45 am Post subject:

Nutcracker,

That was hillarious Smile

. Thinking of it, wouldn't be nice to have such a command?

Sushshibu,

There is NO command in COBOL which will compare the contents of 2 files. Please understand that COBOL is a language and not an utility.

If you want to compare 2 files , then you can use the option 3.13(SUPERC) on the mainframe.

Check this link for comparing files with cobol

http://www.mvsforums.com/helpboards/viewtopic.php?t=11&highlight=match

Hope this helps...

Cheers

Kolusu
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semigeezer · Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2004 2:50 pm Post subject:

?? COMPare has been part of the ISPF editor since Version 4.1. Do you not have it? If you do, I'm not sure I can see any reason to ever use 3.13. If you don't then your version of ISPF probably has been out of service for about 8 years.

kolusu · Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2004 9:20 pm Post subject:

Semigeezer/nutcracker,

Honestly speaking till date I never knew that COMPARE command existed. I always used 3.13 for comparision.

well you always learn something new everyday.

For those who are not aware of the compare feature in ispf , check this link which explains in detail about COMPARE

http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/ISPZEM20/3.2.11?DT=20031111032944

Kolusu
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NutCracker · Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 12:50 pm Post subject: