Re: Validating input file

"jeff" <jmoore207@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>On May 13, 10:10 am, "Rick Smith" <ricksm...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> "jeff" <jmoore...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> > I have a input rec coming from a customer that is defined as
>>
>> > FD DISCFILE.
>> > 01 DISC-REC PIC X(129).
>> > 01 DISC-REC2 REDEFINES DISC-REC.
>> > 03 DISC-RECR OCCURS 129 PIC X.
>>
>> > It is a comma-delimited file with 16 fields (15 commas). I need to
>> > check and make sure that each line is only 129 characters and I
assume
>> > 1 LF. What would be the best way to accomplish this?
>>
>> If this is truly a fixed-length record on disk, then the
>> LF should appear in the last position; if the file is "line
>> sequential" then the SELECT clause for the file
>> should reflect that and the record will be filled with
>> trailing spaces when it is read into the program. In other
>> words, the record, in memory, will always have
>> 128 characters and a LF or 129 characters, depending.
>
>It is a comma delimited file and can have blank fields

With Micro Focus, I might choose the following:

        input-output section.
        file-control.
            select discfile assign to ...
                organization line sequential.

The use of "line sequential" allows the reading of variable
length lines of text. When each "line" is read, the record,
in memory, will have each of the characters from the text
"line" followed by some number of spaces to fill out the
record; but will not have the LF (or new line) separator.

What compiler are you using? That will determine how
to set up the program to read the file.