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Vertical Format

The following screen shows a record displayed in vertical format.

DATATYPE= FC FILEID= INVNTRY  MODE=BROWSELOG=OFF TODEST=         PASSWORD=
 FUNC= NEXT SUBFUNC=      RETMETH=        ARGTYP=     SRCHTYP=                    
 MESSAGE=  RECORD OBTAINED FOR VIEWING                                    
  RETNRCID=0000000005                                              CHGELEN=
     RCID=                                                                        
     DATA=                                                         SIZE= 0080
 FORMAT= V 00000000011111111112222222222333333333344444444445         
 LOC 00001 12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890          
           ..................................................      DSORG=VSKS
  00001    0000000005      0399....               ABC CORP09       RECFM=VB
           FFFFFFFFFF444444FFFF00854444444444444444CCC4CDDDFF      LRECL=0080 
           00000000050000000399473C00000000000000001230369709      BLKSIZE=00000
                                                                   KEYPOS=00001
  00051    1287  ....   JOHN   SMITH                               KEYLEN=010
           FFFF4400584444DDCD444EDCEC4444                          STRNO=001
           128700009C00001685000249380000                               
                                                                   READ  
  00101                                                            BROWSE 
                                                                      
                                                                  
                                                                          
 1 Help       2 Format D   3 End        4 ENDB       5 PREV       6 DataType DL
 7 Page bwd   8 Page fwd   9 Caps Off  10 Top       11 Bottom    12

In vertical format, the data displays in groups of three lines similar to a DITTO output, with a blank line separating each group. Each line is represented as follows:

• Line 1 represents character format
• Line 2 represents hexadecimal values of the zone (high order) half‑bytes
• Line 3 represents hexadecimal values of the digit (low order) half‑bytes

Vertical format has the following characteristics:

Record/segment display—50 bytes per line; hexadecimal and character

Numeric data display (such as SIZE)—decimal numbers

Field entry— character, decimal, or universal mode

Position of first byte of data in record or segment—LOCation 1

The LOC field determines where the display begins.

Example

If the LOC field specifies 00020, the first byte of data displayed is the 20th byte of the record.

The line numbers under the LOC field and the vertically arranged scale to the right of the FORMAT and LOC fields help you determine the location of any byte of data. Each line number indicates the first byte of data in that line.

To locate a particular byte, first go down to the correct line number, and then go across to the correct position.

Example

To locate the 20th byte of data in the record in the previous figure, go down to LOC line 00001, and then across to position 20. This byte contains a '9' (X'F9').