Condition Specification

Description

MEMBER

Specifies that subsequent selection condition apply to PDS member selection only. This parameter and subsequent selection criteria are ignored if specified for non-PDS data sets.

RECORD

Specifies that subsequent selection condition apply to record selection only.

101 = C'NY'

Position 101 for a length of 2 equals 'NY'

1(3) = C'001'

Position 1 for a length of 3 equals '001'

C'TEXAS'

Character string 'TEXAS' anywhere in the record

'TEXAS'

Character string 'TEXAS' anywhere in the record

1(3) = C'001' & 101 = C'NY'

Compound condition

10(4) EQP

Pos 10 for a length of 4 is a valid packed value

80 = C'NY' C'NJ' C'MA'

Position 80 equals one of the three values

80 = C'NY,NJ,MA'

Position 80 equals one of the same three values

100(2) = P'0,1,999'

Two-byte packed field equals one of three values

100 = C"100,00"

Position 100 for a length of 7 equals '100,000'
Note: Quotes are required when the search string contains a comma

82(2) > 84

Compare position 82 to position 84 for length of 2

101(20) CO C'NEW YORK'

Looks for the character string in columns 101-120

INLIM(5000)

Stop reading/selecting after reading 5000 records.

SELLIM(1000)

Only select 1000 records based on selection criteria

STARTKEY='56789'

Select keyed VSAM records starting with key '56789'

STARTREC=1001

Select records starting with record number 1001

STARTRBA=X'1FD8'

Select records starting with the record with RBA x'1FD8'