If the REFORMAT statement only defines p,l fields and/or a ? field, then
the output of the join will be a fixed-length record. If a variable-length
record format is desired when one or both input files are variable-length,
then the first p,l REFORMAT field must be 1,4 (from either SORTJNFn
input file) to define the RDW. This p,l specification of 1,4 must
reference an Fn that is a variable-length file. The variable portion of the
record must then be specified as the last REFORMAT field by coding a
position p without a length l. If both files are
variable-length, then the variable portion from each of the variable-length
input files may be specified once at the end of the REFORMAT statement.
Figure 1. Sample REFORMAT Statement
