On 9 June 2015 at 13:50, Minoru Massaki <[email protected]> wrote:
> Allowing all data (x'00' thru X'FF') for input record, > converting input data to HEX (data become only A thru Z and 0 thru 9) > during DFSORT process might be a solution. ;-) > Please do not forget that, if you actually perform byte-value sorting on such hexified records, the hex values do not sort in the same order as the raw data. (I realize your initial problem does not include sorting the data, but sometimes requirements can change, or perhaps you simplified the problem to present it here.) Regards, Tony H. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
