VERIFY operator reviews up to 10 specified decimal fields in a dataset.

Syntax -

Required Operands

• FROM - FROM parameter specifies ddname of the input file.
• ON - ON operator specifies the field(s) used for DISPLAY operation.

Optional Operands

• VSAMTYPE - VSAMTYPE operand specifies the record format for a VSAM input file (F or V).
• NOSIGN - Specifying the sign of the decimal values is not to be reviewed.
• LIMIT - Specifies a limit for the number of invalid decimal values.

Example -

Scenario - Verify the numeric value in all the records in the specified field.

In this example, we are trying to verify non-numeric values at salary field.

INPUT1 - MATEPK.INPUT.PSFILE

 BROWSE    MATEPK.INPUT.PSFILE6                       Line 00000000 Col 001 079 
 Command ===>                                                  Scroll ===> CSR  
----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
********************************* Top of Data **********************************
ENO  NAME          TECHNOLOGY          COMPANY   STATE     COUNTRY   SALARY     
=============================================================================== 
001  PAWAN         MAINFRAME           JPM       AP        IN        0000100000 
002  SRINIVAS      TESTING             ORACLE    TG        IN        0000095000 
003  SRIDHAR       SAS                 CG        OR        US        0000080000 
004  VENKATESH     ABAP                CSC       CA        IN        0000053000 
005  RAVI          HADOOP              CTS       FL        US        0000072000 
006  PRASAD        HR                  INFOSYS   MI        US        0000066000 
007  RAJA          TESTING             IBM       CA        US        0000047000 
=============================================================================== 
TOTAL NUMBER OF RECORDS: 007                                                    
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JCL -

----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7--
***************************** Top of Data ******************************
//MATEPKSP JOB (123),'MATEPK',CLASS=A,MSGCLASS=A,MSGLEVEL=(1,1),        
//             NOTIFY=&SYSUID                                           
//*                                                                     
//STEP01   EXEC PGM=ICETOOL                                             
//INDD1    DD DSN=MATEPK.INPUT.PSFILE,DISP=SHR                          
//INDD2    DD DSN=MATEPK.INPUT.PSFILE3,DISP=SHR                         
//TEMP     DD DSN=&&TEMP,DISP=(MOD,PASS),SPACE=(TRK,(5,5)),UNIT=SYSDA,  
//            DCB=(DSORG=PS,RECFM=FB,LRECL=80,BLKSIZE=800)              
//OUTDD    DD DSN=MATEPK.OUTPUT.PSFILESP,                               
//            DISP=(NEW,CATLG,DELETE),VOLUME=SER=DEVHD4,                
//            SPACE=(TRK,(1,1),RLSE),UNIT=SYSDA,                        
//            DCB=(DSORG=PS,RECFM=FB,LRECL=80,BLKSIZE=800)              
//TOOLIN   DD *                                                         
  COPY FROM(INDD1) TO(TEMP) USING(CTL1)                                 
  COPY FROM(INDD2) TO(TEMP) USING(CTL2)                                 
  SPLICE FROM(TEMP) TO(OUTDD) ON(1,3,ZD) WITH(70,10)                    
/*                                                                      
//CTL1CNTL DD *                                                         
  OUTREC FIELDS=(1,69,70:X)                                             
/*                                                                      
//CTL2CNTL DD *                                                         
  OUTREC FIELDS=(1:1,3,70:10,10)                                        
/*                                                                      
//TOOLMSG  DD SYSOUT=*                                                  
//DFSMSG   DD SYSOUT=*                                                  
//                                                                      
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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                                                
                                                                                
             VERIFY FROM(INDD) ON(70,10,ZD)                                     
 ICE618A 0 INVALID (70,10,ZD)     VALUE - RECORD:  000000000000001              
 ICE649A 0   HEX VALUE:  E2C1D3C1D9E840404040                                   
 ICE618A 0 INVALID (70,10,ZD)     VALUE - RECORD:  000000000000002              
 ICE649A 0   HEX VALUE:  7E7E7E7E7E7E7E7E7E7E                                   
 ICE618A 0 INVALID (70,10,ZD)     VALUE - RECORD:  000000000000010              
 ICE649A 0   HEX VALUE:  7E7E7E7E7E7E7E7E7E7E                                   
 ICE618A 0 INVALID (70,10,ZD)     VALUE - RECORD:  000000000000011              
 ICE649A 0   HEX VALUE:  40404040404040404040                                   
 ICE627I 0 DFSORT CALL 0001 FOR COPY FROM INDD     TO E35 EXIT COMPLETED        
 ICE628I 0 RECORD COUNT:  000000000000011                                       
 ICE602I 0 OPERATION RETURN CODE:  12                                           
                                                                                
 ICE601I 0 DFSORT ICETOOL UTILITY RUN ENDED - RETURN CODE:  12                  
******************************** 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.
• VERIFY FROM(INDD) ON(70,10,ZD) - Verifies and prints the invalid records having non-numeric values 70th position of length 10.