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Uncompressing data
Thank you all. This was the information I needed. To any "mainframe guys" out there, please note that that is a term of endearment!- actuary
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- Forum: COBOL General discussion
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Uncompressing data
This was great. In regards to your follow-up question on uncompressing via VBA, I am assuming (perhaps incorrectly) that should I look at this file, the record length would only be 26 bytes. My thought process now, albeit flawed perhaps, is that I really need my mainframe guys to pass me this...- actuary
- Post #3
- Forum: COBOL General discussion
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Uncompressing data
I have a text file (something.txt) that was created from our mainframe with the following copybook: var1-A 9(4) var2-B X(02) var3-C S9(7)V9(2) COMP-3 var4-C S9(11)V9(2) COMP-3 var5-C S9(13)V9(2) COMP-3 I know that VAR1-A is a 4 digit number, no decimals. VAR2-A is a two...- actuary
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- Forum: COBOL General discussion
