Xerox 701P21091 manual Bselect and Bdelete commands, Bselect and Bdelete Test parameter

Using logical processing

Example 2 If a job stream has two trailer pages with the character string DATE=mm/dd/yy appearing on line 10 or 11 and beginning in print position 20, the BANNER criteria could be coded as follows:

T2: TABLE	CONSTANT=('DATE=::/::/::'),
	MASK=(':');
C2: CRITERIA	CONSTANT=(19,13,EQ,T2),
	LINENUM=(10,2);
BANNER	TEST=C2, HCOUNT=0, TCOUNT=2;

The MASK parameter specifies a masking character. The CONSTANT parameter specifies both the constant data being compared and the character positions in which variable data is not being compared. In this example, positions 1 through 5 (DATE=), as well as positions 8 and 11 (the / 's), of the specified character string contain fixed data. Positions 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, and 15, which are identified by the mask character (:), contain variable data and are not compared.

Header page count has been set to zero because no headers are present in the job stream (that is, none are being tested for).

BSELECT and BDELETE commands

Blocks that are interspersed within one offline report or file may be either selected for or deleted from printing by use of the BDELETE and BSELECT commands.

These commands can also be used selectively to delete specialized blocks; for example, control blocks and unsupported labels that are on the data tape but should not be printed.

BSELECT and BDELETE TEST parameter

For offline jobs, this parameter defines test expression for selecting blocks for printing or for deleting blocks from printing.

Syntax BSELECT TEST = test-exp

BDELETE TEST = test-exp

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