> I would want to extract and summarize FRED and if I have > DATACLAS=POTATO I would want to extract and summarize POTATO
Cameron Conacher, Use the following DFSORT JCL which will give you the desired results. I coded the JCL to handle if your input is VB or FB based on the INCLUDE cond you showed. //STEP0100 EXEC PGM=SORT //SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=* //SORTIN DD * SOME HEADER - NOT INCLUDED DATACLAS=POTATO - NEEDED DATACLAS=FRED DATACLAS=POTATO - NEEDED DATACLAS=POTATO - NEEDED SOME OTHER RECORD - NOT INCLUDED DATACLAS=CONACHER DATACLAS=CONACHER DATACLAS=CONACHER //SORTOUT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSIN DD * INCLUDE COND=(5,70,SS,EQ,C'DATACLAS=') INREC PARSE=(%01=(STARTAFT=C'DATACLAS=', ENDBEFR=C' ',FIXLEN=8)), BUILD=(1,4,%01) SORT FIELDS=(5,8,CH,A) OUTFIL REMOVECC,NODETAIL,VTOF,BUILD=(80X), HEADER2=('DATACLASS COUNT',/, '--------- --------'), SECTIONS=(5,8, TRAILER3=(5,8,4X, COUNT=(M10,LENGTH=8))) /* The output from this job is DATACLASS COUNT --------- -------- CONACHER 3 FRED 1 POTATO 3 Further if you have any questions please let me know Thanks, Kolusu DFSORT Development IBM Corporation ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN