Creating a Comma-delimited ASCII File

March 18, 1996

Author:	David Thompson
Date:	March 18th 1996
Category:	Program Code
Keywords:	Data export
Summary:	A code example to create a "comma delimited" ASCII file for exporting data to other software packages such as Word Processors or Spreadsheets

This sample illustrates the use of the Acucobol TRAILING extension to the INSPECT verb; the use of the STRING verb and the use of variable length records to create a comma-delimited ASCII file.

*
     select mailfile
     assign to output "mailfile"
     organization is line sequential
     access is sequential
     file status is f1_status.
*
*    specifying minimum & maximum record length forces
*    variable length records
*
 fd  mailfile
     record contains 1 to 122.
 01  rm_mailrec.
     03  filler    pic x(122).
*
 01  ws_cusrec.
     03  ws_custno                pic x(6).
     03  ws_cusname               pic x(30).
     03  ws_cusaddr               pic x(30).
     03  ws_cusadd2               pic x(30).
     03  ws_cuscity               pic x(20).
     03  ws_cusstat               pic aa.
     03  ws_cuszip                pic 9(5).
*
*
 procedure division.
*
*    first find the end of the data in each field
*    and mark it with an asterisk
*
     inspect ws_cusname replacing trailing " " by "*".
     inspect ws_cusaddr replacing trailing " " by "*".
     inspect ws_cusadd2 replacing trailing " " by "*".
     inspect ws_cuscity replacing trailing " " by "*".
*
*    space fill the destination field
*
     move spaces to rm_mailrec.
*
*    then STRING all the data fields togther, 
*    separated by commas, using the asterisk 
*    to terminate each data field
*
     string ws_cusname delimited by "*"
                                    ","
     ws_cusaddr delimited by "*"
                                    ","
     ws_cusadd2 delimited by "*"
                                    ","
     ws_cuscity delimited by "*"
                                    ","
     ws_cusstat delimited by size
                                    ","
     ws_cuszip delimited by size into rm_mailrec.
     write rm_mailrec.

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