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Hi,

I need to convert a character field(Contains numeric data) to PD format.


input file declared as below:-




Input file have below record:-



In the Sort card, I have mentioned as below:-



I got this output and it is not correct format.




My expected output should be as below:-




Can you please help me solve this pblm?

Thanks

A PD is much "smaller" than a character field. Try with TO=8 and 4.

Thanks BillyBoyo, it is working as expected..

Now that your post is Code'd, I'm wondering if you would be better off with BUILD for this situation, rather than OVERLAY. Your example shows the output record being shorter, which OVERLAY is not going to do. You also seem to have a binary field in between the two numerics, which isn't dealt with in your sort card.

Was this just an example extracted from something bigger? Are you OK with the whole thing now?

Sorry BillyBoyo... Just now I saw ur post....

Above details are just an example and I need to convert huge data with so many fields.. Now I am doing the testing and everything looks fine.

Once again thanks for your help....

Thanks for letting us know. If you have questions, there'll be someone here.

Hello,

If this is working as you want, great, but the "actual" output and the "expected" output posted are not consistent between the "characters" and the "hex".

At this point, it may not matter . . .

Kiran, have a look at what Dick has said. You "sign" (the righ-most four bits of the packed-decimal field) is different from desired to achieved. This can be important, but might not matter at all. If you have lots of fields. best to get it sorted out early. Review format PD's "cousins".