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Selects the message if the first string being compared is greater than the second
string.
>= Selects the message if the first string being compared is greater than or equal
to the second string.
Usage Notes
PAD
Specifies a single character to be used to pad the shorter of the two strings
before comparison. PAD is followed by:
hexstring
Specifies a one character hexadecimal string. A hexstring can be in either of the
following forms:
'nn'X
X'nn'
Where each n is a number 0-9orcharacter A - F. Two values for n must be
specified.
The default PAD character is '00'X.
/string/
Specifies the delimited character string to be compared to the string specified
by position.length.
position.length
Specifies the character position where comparison begins in each message and
the length of the string being compared. If you specify a length of *, the
remainder of the message is compared.
/string/
Specifies the delimited character string to be compared to the string specified
by position.length.
v PICK cannot be the first stage.
v PICK examines only the first line of the input message. Use SEPARATE to test
each line or EDIT to rearrange lines if other tests are required.
Examples
Additional examples can be found in CNMS1101.
Example: Listing Procedures Used Less Than Six Times
You can use PICK to process the output from MAPCL to obtain a list of all
procedures in storage that have been used less than six times.
MAPCL data lines are in the following format. The scale has been added to
identify character positions.
|...+....1....+....2....+....3....+....4....+....5....+....6..
WINDOW 63 1446 71512 08/08/10 13:38:19 R
/* sample for REXX */
’PIPE (NAME LOWUSERX)’,
’| NETVIEW MAPCL’, /* obtain display of REXX in storage */
’| SEPARATE’, /* handle lines individually */
’| DROP 3’, /* header lines */
PIPE PICK
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