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Introduction

A REJECT statement indicates which records from the primary input file are to be bypassed. Its rules and format are the same as for the SELECT statement, except that it bypasses records rather than selecting them.

REJECT statements can be used with SELECT statements.

[   ] {                  [                     ]   }
      REJECT[(P)] {conditional-test1 [AND conditional-test2]...}
            [(S)] {                  [OR conditional-test2 ]   }
            [(L)] {MATCHEDn          [                     ]   }
                  {MISSINGn                                    }
                  {SAME field-name                             }
                  {NEW field-name                              }

Note: For more information, see SELECT statement on the next page for the rules of usage.