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#!CDarkGreen #!N #!Rall130 Example 8. Using the
Block Keyword #!N #!EC #!N #!N The #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18* block #!EF keyword
is used with record-style, fixed-format ASCII data to skip information in
a block of data. For example, consider the following data file:
#!CForestGreen #!N #!N #!F-adobe-courier-bold-r-normal--18* #!N row 1 temperature 39 29 33
56 32 #!N row 2 temperature 32 33 25 33 22
#!N row 3 temperature 31 23 41 53 19 #!N row
4 temperature 43 59 43 21 28 #!N row 5 temperature
23 19 35 46 32 #!EF #!N #!N #!EC #!N #!I0
#!N #!F-adobe-times-medium-r-normal--18* #!N #!N #!I30 #!N 1. In the Data Prompter
initial dialog box, select #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18* Grid or Scattered File #!EF ,
then ensure that the leftmost button in the row labeled #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18*
Grid type #!EF is selected. #!N #!I30 #!N 2. Click on
#!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18* Data Prompter #!EF to bring up the simplified prompter. #!N
#!I30 #!N 3. Enter the path name of the data file
in the #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18* data file #!EF field: #!CForestGreen #!N #!N #!F-adobe-courier-bold-r-normal--18*
#!N /usr/lpp/dx/samples/data/block_example.data #!EF #!N #!N #!EC #!N #!I30 #!N 4. Activate
the #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18* header #!EF toggle button, reset #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18* # of bytes
#!EF to #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18* # of lines #!EF , and type 1
in the associated field. #!N #!I30 #!N 5. Set #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18* Grid
size #!EF to 5 * 5. #!N #!I30 #!N 6. Now
click on #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18* Full prompter #!EF in the #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18* Options #!EF
pull-down menu. #!N #!I30 #!N 7. Activate the #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18* Block #!EF
toggle button (right-hand panel). #!N #!I30 #!N 8. Set #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18* skip
#!EF to 17, #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18* # elem #!EF to 5, and #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18*
width #!EF to 3. #!N #!I30 #!N 9. Repeat Example 1,
Step 10 ( #!Lex1a,dxall116 s To save the header file #!EL ), to save the header file, which
should look like: #!N #!I0 #!N #!EF #!N #!CForestGreen #!N #!N
#!F-adobe-courier-bold-r-normal--18* #!N file = /usr/lpp/dx/samples/data/block_example.data #!N grid = 5 x 5
#!N format = text #!N interleaving = record #!N majority =
row #!N header = lines 1 #!N field = field0 #!N
structure = scalar #!N type = int #!N dependency = positions
#!N block = 17, 5, 3 #!N positions = regular, regular,
0, 1, 0, 1 #!N #!N end #!EF #!N #!N #!EC
#!N #!N The #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18* block #!EF statement instructs the importer to
skip 17 characters and read 5 (temperature) values (per line in
this case), reading each value from a field of three characters.
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