This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C06547.9EAD6120 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" because you define SEPC with Character*6 just use character*1 . Regards, Joyce Bleza -----Original Message----- From: Bob Bushley (Burbank) [mailto:BBushley@burbank.haskel.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2000 3:57 PM To: powerh-l@lists. swau. edu (E-mail) Subject: Defination to delimited question I and outputing to a portable subfile SET SUBFILE NAME CYCLEBASETXT NODICT PORTABLE KEEP SET REPORT SPACING 0 my elements define example is DEFINE EDUS CHAR*10 = "" ;* 1. EDI - User ID String 10 DEFINE EDBT CHAR*15 = "" ;* 2. EDI - Batch Number String 15 DEFINE EDTN CHAR*22 = "" ;* 3. EDI - Transaction Number String 22 DEFINE EDLN CHAR*7 = "" ;* 4. EDI - Line Number Number 7,7[3] DEFINE EDCT CHAR*2 = "" ; 5. EDI - Document Type String 2 DEFINE TYTN CHAR*8 = "JDECYCLE" ; 6. Type - Transaction String 8 DEFINE EDFT CHAR*10 = "" ; 7. EDI - Translation Format String 10 DEFINE EDDT CHAR*6 = "" ; 8. EDI - Transmission Date Date 6 DEFINE DRIN CHAR*1 = "1" ; 9. Direction Indicator Characte 1 DEFINE SEPC Character*6 = ";" REPORT sum TAB 1 & EDUS & SEPC & EDBT & SEPC & EDTN & SEPC & EDLN & SEPC & EDCT & SEPC & TYTN & SEPC & EDFT & SEPC & EDDT & SEPC & DRIN I am creating a data conversion file, my output looks like ; ; ; ; ; JDECYCLE; ; ; 1 except for the 1st field all the rest have an extra 5 characters. WHY? How do I get rid of these characters or must I tab every element? I have 45 elements in this conversion file. I have appx. 15 conversion files tabbing would be a nitemare. AND I have more files to create! Thank You! Bob Bushley = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Subscribe: "subscribe powerh-l" in message body to majordomo@lists.swau.edu Unsubscribe: "unsubscribe powerh-l" in message to majordomo@lists.swau.edu This list is closed, thus to post to the list, you must be a subscriber. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C06547.9EAD6120 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN">RE: Defination to delimited question because you define SEPC with = Character*6 just use character*1 .
Regards,
Joyce Bleza
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Bushley (Burbank) [mailto:BBushley@burbank.hask= el.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2000 3:57 PM
To: powerh-l@lists. swau. edu (E-mail)
Subject: Defination to delimited question
I and outputing to a portable subfile
SET SUBFILE NAME CYCLEBASETXT NODICT PORTABLE = KEEP &n= bsp;
SET REPORT SPACING 0my elements define example is
DEFINE EDUS CHAR*10 =3D = "" = = ;* 1. EDI - User ID
String 10 =
DEFINE EDBT CHAR*15 =3D = "" = = ;* 2. EDI - Batch Number
String 15 =
DEFINE EDTN CHAR*22 =3D = "" = = ;* 3. EDI - Transaction
Number &nb= sp; String 22
DEFINE EDLN CHAR*7 =3D = "" = = ;* 4. EDI - Line Number
Number 7,7[3]
DEFINE EDCT CHAR*2 =3D = "" = = ; 5. EDI - Document Type
String 2 =
DEFINE TYTN CHAR*8 =3D = "JDECYCLE" &nbs= p; ; 6. Type - Transaction
String 8 =
DEFINE EDFT CHAR*10 =3D = "" = = ; 7. EDI - Translation
Format &nb= sp; String 10
DEFINE EDDT CHAR*6 =3D = "" = = ; 8. EDI - Transmission Date
Date = 6
DEFINE DRIN CHAR*1 =3D = "1"  = ; = ; 9. Direction Indicator
Characte 1
DEFINE SEPC = Character*6 =3D ";"
REPORT sum TAB 1 &
EDUS &
SEPC &
EDBT &
SEPC &
EDTN &
SEPC &
EDLN &
SEPC &
EDCT &
SEPC &
TYTN &
SEPC &
EDFT &
SEPC &
EDDT &
SEPC &
DRINI am creating a data conversion file, my output looks = like
= ;  = ; = ;  = ;  = ; = ; = ;
; = JDECYCLE; &nb= sp; = ; = ; 1except for the 1st field all the rest have an extra 5 = characters. WHY? How
do I get rid of these characters or must I tab every = element?
I have 45 elements in this conversion file. I have = appx. 15 conversion files
tabbing would be a nitemare. AND I have more files = to create!Thank You!
Bob Bushley
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