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hi ,

I have an infile of record length 332. in which byte 330 will have L,T, M, D, A, Z,N,P

I need a output file which will be sorted in the order of N,L,P,T,M,D,A,Z.

You can use a DFSORT job like the following to do what you asked for:

MR Frank Yaeger

Can you please explain what you have posted.

Iam unable to get the JCL.

SORT FIELDS=(330,1,AQ,A)

Sorts the byte at position 330 according to the alternate collating sequence indicated by the ALTSEQ statement.

ALTSEQ CODE=(D500,D301,D702,E303,D404,C405,C106,E907)

Sets the alternate collating sequence as follows:

X'D5' (C'N') is collated as X'00'.
X'D3' (C'L') is collated as X'01'.
X'D7' (C'P') is collated as X'02'.
X'E3' (C'T') is collated as X'03'.
X'D4' (C'M') is collated as X'04'.
X'C4' (C'D') is collated as X'05'.
X'C1' (C'A') is collated as X'06'.
X'E9' (C'Z') is collated as X''07'.

So 'N' in position 330 is sorted first, then 'L', and so on.

Thus, the order of the records sorted by position 330 is N,L,P,T,M,D,A,Z.

Hey Frank...

Thanks a lot yaar.... It works like a charm....