Using SKIP in Operator Statements - mfx - 3.1

Syncsort™ MFX Programmers Guide

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Syncsort™ MFX Programmers Guide
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The SKIP parameter is used to skip unwanted positions.

  • n can be any number from 1 through 32752.

  • n can be in the form of u.v for specifying a bit length, where u is a number from 0 through 32752 and v is a number from 0 through 7. Note that u and v cannot both be zero.

SKIP,n increases the next position by n bytes. The next position is used when an asterisk (*) replaces p in a field_name statement.

Following is an example which uses SKIP,n with other dictionary statements:

Figure 1. Example of SKIP,n in Dictionary Statements

MFX will print the following dictionary table:

Figure 2. Sample Dictionary Table