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I need help on overlaying the OUT file using IN file. IN file has the actual date but few months are missing. I want to fill the right date from IN file into OUT file.

IN File:



OUT File has already the date format as follows:



New OUT File should be as follows:



Thanks
Ram

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From that description and with the data presented it looks like a simple MERGE operation.

The dates are in different column.

Dates starts from col 17 in IN file
Dates starts from col 4 in OUT file

Sorry. Let me give more information:

IN File has the following data (Dates starts from col 17 in IN file):


OUT File has already the following data (Dates starts from col 4 in OUT file):



I want the OUT file to be



CODED' d AGAIN

And you are not using the code tags because...?
And they are data sets not "files".

I have used Join keys and made it work. Thanks.