&FILERCNT

Provides a count of the number of records deleted by &FILE DEL processing.

NCL File Processing allows records to be deleted from a User DataBase (UDB) using the &FILE DEL statement, including support for the deletion of groups of records with a single statement. The deletion of groups of records is termed 'generic' deletion.

Generic deletion is triggered by use of the OPT=KEQALL or OPT=KGEALL operands on the &FILE DEL statement.

The &FILERCNT system variable provides a count of the number of records deleted during a generic process.

Example: &FILERCNT

&WRITE DATA=&FILERCNT RECORDS DELETED.

&FILERCNT remains unchanged until the next &FILE DEL or &FILE CLOSE statement.

Notes:

If no active file exists, &FILERCNT is set to 0.

If a non-generic deletion of a single record is performed, &FILERCNT is set to 1.