IF supports the following parameters:
Use field-name when referencing a data field that is defined in the record's layout. The layout must be available to the application's job step. For more information about how to make the record's layout available, see the keyword LAYOUTFILE.
Note: When this parameter is specified, the keyword's position, length, decimal-positions, and data type are all retrieved from the field-name definition, and are used to validate the from-data and to-data's formats.
Specifies the starting field positioning the record. Valid values are the following:
The actual position number.
The relative position to the record's current location
Specifies the amount of data to compare. If you specify 0, scanning starts at the position value to the record length. Valid values are 0 - 32760. No scanning is done if the scan-length is omitted.
Specify one of the following values:
Contains—If a field-name is supplied, the position and scan-length values are retrieved from the field-name's defined starting position and physical length. If position and scan-length are supplied, the record is scanned for the data beginning at position for a length of scan-length.
Equal
Not equal
Greater than
Greater than or equal to
Less than or equal to
Less than
Character—matches the specified case
Numeric—Processes the literal as defined by the field-name parameter. The field-name parameter must be defined as a numeric field, and it is only valid when a field-name parameter is supplied.
Packed
Text—matches both lower and uppercase alphabetic characters. Alphanumeric characters are permitted.
Hexadecimal
Valid packed decimal data
Not valid packed decimal data
Valid numeric data
Not valid numeric data
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