Export fixed length

[Ken Cole]

Richard, that is three fields from one record and the data is 4 records.

Ken

On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 12:02 PM, Richard Kreiss <rkreiss at verizon.net> wrote:
> Top post:
>
> Interesting, 3 exports and 4 names.
>
> Richard
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Aug 10, 2011, at 6:03 PM, Kenneth Brody <KandLBrody at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 8/10/2011 5:06 PM, Mike Schwartz wrote:
>>>> Trying to create an export (fixed length) using following syntax:
>>>>
>>>> export ascii ach=/appl/fpmerge/achtest.txt -X r=\n
>>>>
>>>> then do all my field assignments, etc
>>>>
>>>> ach(1)=1;ach(2)=2...etc
>>>>
>>>> When the file is created it's not adding a line feed after each record?
>>>>
>>>> I have tried with and without the r=\n ??
>>>>
>>>> When looking at the output file, it just lists the records one after the
>>> other
>>>>
>>>> i.e.  file looks like:
>>>>
>>>> 627065400153        45496004627314074269     104280298
>>>>                                            ^ new record should start here
>>>>
>>>> Should look like:
>>>>
>>>> 627065400153        45496004
>>>> 627314074269        104280298
>>>>
>>>> Why is it not adding the line feed?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for any insight
>>>>
>>>> Scott
>>>
>>>      With the -X option, as I recall, you have to add your own carriage
>>> return/linefeed (or whatever you want to terminate each record with)
>>> yourself.
>>>
>>>      For example, you need a line like:
>>>
>>> ach(10)=chr("13") {chr("10")
>>>
>>>      at the end of the fields you are writing, if you want a DOS formatted
>>> file.
>>
>> Note that, on Windows, that will get you a double-spaced file.  And, on
>> *nix, this will give you a file with a spurious Ctrl-M at the end of each
>> line.  All you want is CHR("10").
>>
>> However, you shouldn't need that at all, as the following works just fine
>> for me:
>>
>> ==========
>>   Then: export ascii foo = /temp/foo.txt r=\n -x
>>   Then: foo[1] = 1
>>   Then: foo[2] = 2
>>   Then: foo[3] = 3
>> ==========
>>
>> This gives me the following output:
>>
>> ==========
>> Brody               Ken                 11/17/2009
>> smith               john                11/21/2009
>> obama               barack              06/21/2010
>> smith               john                06/21/2010
>> ==========
>>
>> --
>> Kenneth Brody
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