INPFIL Process

To access this process:

Enter "INPFIL" into the Command Line and press <ENTER>.
Display the Find Command screen, locate INPFIL and click Run.

See this process in the Command Table.

Process Overview

Creates a file and enters free format data into it. Free format data is separated by commas.

The data may come either from the keyboard, or from a system file external to the database.

INPFIL acts like a combination of INPUTD & INDATA. Records may not start with the character !. This is because the ! symbol acts as the end-of-data character. Thus macro files should not be read in with INPFIL; use INPUTC instead.

Note: within a macro, the Data Definition cannot be terminated by the ! character, as this will terminate the INPFIL process; instead another special purpose character (such as [) may be used.

Output Files

Name	I/O Status	Required	Type	Description
OUT	Output	Yes	Table	File to be created.

Parameters

Name	Description	Required	Default	Range	Values
PRINT	>=1 to display each record (0).	No	0	0,1	0,1

Example

!INPFIL &OUT(NEWDATA)

INPUT DATA DESCRIPTION FOR FILE newdata .
FILE DESCRIPTION  > New Assay Data <return>

SUPPLY DETAILS OF FIELDS AS FOLLOWS -
NEXT
FIELDNAME     >    BHID<return>
FIELD     1   >    BHID
---------------------
TYPE A/N(N)   > A <return>
LENGTH (1)    > 8 <return>
STORED? (Y)   >   <return>
DEFAULT       >   <return>
NEXT
FIELDNAME     > FROM <return>
FIELD     2   > FROM
---------------------
TYPE A/N(N)   >   <return>
STORED? (Y)   >   <return>
DEFAULT       >   <return>
NEXT
FIELDNAME     > TO<return>
FIELD     3   > TO
---------------------
TYPE A/N(N)   >   <return>
STORED? (Y)   >   <return>
DEFAULT       >   <return>
NEXT
FIELDNAME     > Cu<return>
FIELD     4   > Cu
---------------------
TYPE A/N(N)   >   <return>
STORED? (Y)   >   <return>
DEFAULT       >   <return>
NEXT
FIELDNAME     > ! <return>
END OF DD
CONFIRM   ?   OK  <return>

SYSFILE><return>

DATA     >BH0001,0,12,0,0<return>
DATA     >BH0001,12,14,0.5,0.1<return>
DATA     >BH0001,14,16.3,1.2,0.53<return>
DATA     >!<return>

Error and Warning Messages

Message	Description
>>> SYSTEM FILE DOES NOT EXIST <<<	The named file does not exist. Fatal; the process is exited.
>>> NOT A NUMBER <<< >>> ERR 57 <<< (numbposn) IN STRDCD	An illegal DATAMINE number has been entered. Warning; the record is ignored.