Jason wrote:

>>Hi Mark!
>>   Try something like the following in CI:
>>
>>purge newfile
>>purge newfile,temp
>>file newfile;rec=-125,,f,ascii;disc=250
>>setvar i, 1
>>while i<=250
>>   print file1;start=!i;end=!i >$newpass
>>   input rec1 <$oldpass
>>   print file2;start=!i;end=!i >$newpass
>>   input rec2 <$oldpass
>>   echo ![rec1]![rec2] >>*newfile
>>   setvar i, i+1
>>endwhile
>>save *newfile
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Jason.

Another CI version ,
(slightly quicker runtime, though limited by memory
available for CI variables).

file FILEC;rec=-125,10,f,ascii
xeq CNV125CF FILEB < FILEA > *FILEC

Command file CNV125CF :-

parm fileb=FILEB
print !hpfile;start=-4 > tempcf
xeq tempcf.!hpgroup < !fileb
setvar n finfo(hpstdin,"eof")
while setvar(n,n-1)>=0
   echo ![input()+rec!n]
endwhile
return
setvar n finfo(hpstdin,"eof")
while setvar(n,n-1)>=0
   setvar rec!n  input()
endwhile


And a Q&D  SPL version (CM SPL comes free with every 3K I believe),

BEGIN
integer array buf(0:127);
byte    array fileb(0:7):="FILEB ";
intrinsic     fopen,fread,print,readx;
fileb:=fopen(fileb,7);
while (readx(buf,-100)) > 0
do    print(buf,-fread(fileb,buf(50),-25)-100,0);
END.
SPLPREP  SPLCNVS
$OLDPASS < FILEA > *FILEC





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