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After this message is printed the system prints the first line number of
your data set, unless you specified NONUMinthe EDIT command. The
"' first line number print;ed -is 00010. Type the first line of input to the
right of the line number and press the RETURN key to enter it. 1. The
system then prints the second line number, which is 00020, and you may
then enter your second line of input, and so on.
Caution: A hyphen (minus sign) at the end of an input line indicates
logical continuation- of the line. In
inp~t
mode logical continuation is
meaningful only if you are using the syntax checking facility. Whether
syntax checking or not, the input processor will delete the hyphen from
the end of the line, except in a few special instances. The rules
governing input mode handling of a hyphen at the end of a line are
detailed in Command Language Reference.
When you reach the end of the data you want to enter, press the
RETURN key without entering anything (a null line) and the system
switches to edit mode • . The following example illustrates the points
just discussed:
READY
edit accts new data
INPUT
00010 #23942 5
00020 #32135 21
00030 #12174 12
00040 #49213 35
00050 #52221 50
00060 (null line)
EDIT
0)2.75
0)3.90
0)1.80
0)7.95
0)2.35
acme inc
bbb corp
alpha inds
xyz dist
beta mfg
In the example, the line numbers have the standard increment of 10.
If you prefer a different increment, you can use the INPUT subcommand to
create the data set. To do this you must first request a switch to edit
mode by entering a null line after you receive the INPUT message. Then
enter the INPUT subcommand specifying the number of the first line and
the size of the increment. After entering the INPUT subcommand the
system switches to~ input mode and prompts you with the first line
number. For example, to start with line 5 and use increments of 5, you
could use the following sequence:
READY
edit accts new data
INPUT
00010 (null line)
EDIT
input 5 5
INPUT
00005
#23942
00010 #32135
00015 #32174
00020 #49213
00025 #52221
00030 (null line)
EDIT
5 0)2.75 acme inc
21
0)3.90
bbb corp
12
0)1.80 alpha inds
35 0)7.95 xyz dist
50 0)2.35 beta mfg
You can create the same data set in edit mode. However, you must
enter the line numbers you wish to use.
1.Internally, as the system enters the line into the data set, it places
the line number at the proper position within the line. For example,
the line number becomes the first six characters of the line for a
COBOL data set, the first eight characters for a free format GOFORT
data set. and the last eight characters for a PLIF data set.
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