RESIZE Operator (for Experienced)


  • RESIZE operator creates a larger record from multiple shorter records if the input length is smaller than the specified length.
  • It also creates multiple shorter records from larger ones if the input length is greater than the specified length.
  • It produces fixed-length output records based on the specified length from fixed-length input records.

Syntax -

RESIZE Operator

Required Operands


FROM -

  • FROM parameter specifies ddname of the input file.
  • indd DD statement is mandatory if FROM operand specified.

TO -

  • TO operand specifies 1 to 10 ddnames of output files.
  • outdd DD statement is mandatory if TO operand specified
  • Either TO, USING, or both operands can code at the same time.

TOLEN -

  • Specifies the record length uses for the resized output records.
  • 'n' can be 1 to 32760.

Optional Operands


USING -

  • USING operand specifies the first 4-characters of the ddname (xxxxCNTL) for the DFSORT control statement file.
  • XXXX name is the user-defined name.
  • xxxxCNTL DD statement is mandatory if USING(xxxx) is specified.
  • Either TO, USING, or both operands can code at the same time.

Example -


Scenario - Resize the employees record length from 80 to 49.

INPUT - MATEPK.INPUT.PSFILE

 BROWSE    MATEPK.INPUT.PSFILE                        Line 00000000 Col 001 080 
 Command ===>                                                  Scroll ===> CSR  
----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
********************************* Top of Data **********************************
001  PAWAN         MAINFRAME           JPM       AP        IN                   
002  SRINIVAS      TESTING             ORACLE    TG        IN                   
003  SRIDHAR       SAS                 CG        OR        US                   
004  VENKATESH     ABAP                CSC       CA        US                   
005  RAVI          HADOOP              CTS       FL        US                   
006  PRASAD        HR                  INFOSYS   MI        US                   
007  RAJA          TESTING             IBM       CA        US                   
******************************** Bottom of Data ********************************

JCL -

----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7--
***************************** Top of Data ******************************
//MATEPKRZ JOB (123),'MATEPK',CLASS=A,MSGCLASS=A,MSGLEVEL=(1,1),        
//             NOTIFY=&SYSUID                                           
//*                                                                     
//STEP01   EXEC PGM=ICETOOL                                             
//INDD     DD DSN=MATEPK.INPUT.PSFILE,DISP=SHR                          
//OUTDD    DD DSN=MATEPK.OUTPUT.PSFILER,                                
//            DISP=(NEW,CATLG,DELETE),VOLUME=SER=DEVHD4,                
//            SPACE=(TRK,(1,1),RLSE),UNIT=SYSDA,                        
//            DCB=(DSORG=PS,RECFM=FB,LRECL=49,BLKSIZE=490)              
//TOOLIN   DD *                                                         
  RESIZE FROM(INDD) TO(OUTDD) TOLEN(49)                                 
/*                                                                      
//TOOLMSG  DD SYSOUT=*                                                  
//DFSMSG   DD SYSOUT=*                                                  
//                                                                      
**************************** Bottom of Data ****************************

OUTPUT - MATEPK.OUTPUT.PSFILER

 BROWSE    MATEPK.OUTPUT.PSFILER                      Line 00000000 Col 001 049 
 Command ===>                                                  Scroll ===> CSR  
----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
********************************* Top of Data **********************************
001  PAWAN         MAINFRAME           JPM                                      
AP        IN                                                                    
002  SRINIVAS      TESTING             ORACLE                                   
TG        IN                                                                    
003  SRIDHAR       SAS                 CG                                       
OR        US                                                                    
004  VENKATESH     ABAP                CSC                                      
CA        IN                                                                    
005  RAVI          HADOOP              CTS                                      
FL        US                                                                    
006  PRASAD        HR                  INFOSYS                                  
MI        US                                                                    
007  RAJA          TESTING             IBM                                      
CA        US                                                                    
******************************** Bottom of Data ********************************

TOOLMSG (SDSF SPOOL) - Verify TOOLMSG for the return code of the submitted job.

----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8----+----9
********************************* TOP OF DATA ********************************************
1ICE600I 0 DFSORT ICETOOL UTILITY RUN STARTED                                   
                                                                                
 ICE650I 0 VISIT http://www.ibm.com/storage/dfsort FOR ICETOOL PAPERS, EXAMPLES AND MORE 
                                                                                
 ICE632I 0 SOURCE FOR ICETOOL STATEMENTS:  TOOLIN                               
                                                                                
                                                                                
 ICE630I 0 MODE IN EFFECT:  STOP                                                
                                                                                
             RESIZE FROM(INDD) TO(OUTDD) TOLEN(49)                             
 ICE627I 0 DFSORT CALL 0001 FOR COPY FROM INDD     TO OUTDD    COMPLETED       
 ICE659I 0 RECORDS RESIZED FROM 00080 BYTES TO 00049 BYTES                     
 ICE602I 0 OPERATION RETURN CODE:  00                                          
                                                                                
                                                                                
 ICE601I 0 DFSORT ICETOOL UTILITY RUN ENDED - RETURN CODE:  00                  
******************************** BOTTOM OF DATA ******************************************

Explaining Solution -

  • INDD - Specifies the ddname for input file.
  • OUTDD - Specifies the ddname for output file.
  • TOOLIN DD * - Specifies the ICETOOL statements for DFSORT.
  • TOOLMSG - Specifies where to write the ICETOOL processing messages.
  • DFSMSG - Specifies where to write the DFSORT processing messages.
  • RESIZE FROM(INDD) TO(OUTDD1) TOLEN(49) - Resizes the input records from the length 80 to the new length 49 and writes the records to the OUTDD.