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Sort only considering numbers in an alphanumeric fields.

 
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 10:52 am    Post subject: Sort only considering numbers in an alphanumeric fields. Reply with quote
I have to sort a file based on an alphanumeric field. While sorting I should not consider the character values. The sort order should be as if all the characters in the field were zeroes. Please see the samble input and output below.

Sample input :
Code:
4356zz5
nnnnnnn
12cd231
aaaaaaa
4356aa6
12ab345
zzzzzzz
aa23456
zz12345


Sample output:
Code:
nnnnnnn
aaaaaaa
zzzzzzz
zz12345
aa23456
12cd231
12ab345
4356zz5
4356aa6


Please help me. I hope my question is not confusing.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 12:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Sebanpj,

The following DFSORT JCL will give you the desired results. I assumed that your Input is FB and LRECL is 80


Code:

//STEP0100 EXEC PGM=SORT                                   
//SYSOUT   DD SYSOUT=*                                     
//SORTIN   DD *                                             
4356ZZ5                                                     
NNNNNNN                                                     
12CD231                                                     
AAAAAAA                                                     
4356AA6                                                     
12AB345                                                     
ZZZZZZZ                                                     
AA23456                                                     
ZZ12345                                                     
//SORTOUT  DD SYSOUT=*                                     
//SYSIN    DD *                                             
  INREC IFTHEN=(WHEN=INIT,OVERLAY=(81:1,7,SEQNUM,8,ZD)),   
  IFTHEN=(WHEN=(1,1,FS,NE,NUM),OVERLAY=(81:C'0'),HIT=NEXT),
  IFTHEN=(WHEN=(2,1,FS,NE,NUM),OVERLAY=(82:C'0'),HIT=NEXT),
  IFTHEN=(WHEN=(3,1,FS,NE,NUM),OVERLAY=(83:C'0'),HIT=NEXT),
  IFTHEN=(WHEN=(4,1,FS,NE,NUM),OVERLAY=(84:C'0'),HIT=NEXT),
  IFTHEN=(WHEN=(5,1,FS,NE,NUM),OVERLAY=(85:C'0'),HIT=NEXT),
  IFTHEN=(WHEN=(6,1,FS,NE,NUM),OVERLAY=(86:C'0'),HIT=NEXT),
  IFTHEN=(WHEN=(7,1,FS,NE,NUM),OVERLAY=(87:C'0'))           
                                                           
  SORT FIELDS=(81,15,CH,A)                                 
                                                           
  OUTREC BUILD=(1,80)                                       
/*

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PostPosted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 1:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hi Kolusu,

Thank you very much.
My Project is using SYNCSORT. Any idea how this option will be in syncsort?

Can someone please suggest...
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 2:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Sebanpj,

I'm a DFSORT developer. DFSORT and Syncsort are competitive products. I'm happy to answer questions on DFSORT and DFSORT's ICETOOL, but I don't answer questions on Syncsort.

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PostPosted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 3:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Perhaps the ALTSEQ option would work. It will be cumbersome as you will need to provide every character value with an alternate sort value of x'F0'.
Code:
//SYSIN    DD *                                     
*             A    B    C    D          Z
 ALTSEQ CODE=(C1F0,C2F0,C3F0,C4F0,......E9F0)
 OPTION CHALT                                       
 SORT FIELDS=(1,7,CH,A)                               
Or try kolusu example since SyncSort eventually mimics most DFSort function.
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 6:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hi Kolusu and Dennis,

I tried Kolusu's code and it is working fine with Syncsort also.

Thank you very much for your support.
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