Select PDS members (z/OS)

The SELECT process statement (z/OS) selects members from a PDS for comparison or for being searched. You can specify as many member names as fit on one line. If you need to select additional members, enter a new SELECT statement.

For comparisons, the new members are normally compared with old members that have the same names. Use the colon character (:) to compare members that are not named alike.

Any number of SELECT statements may be specified.

Compare Types: FILE, LINE, WORD, BYTE, and Search


           .-,-----------------------------.   
           V                               |   
>>-SELECT----+-new_member--:--old_member-+-+-------------------><
             +-new_member----------------+     
             '-search_member-------------'

new_member: The name of a new PDS member that is to be compared to an old PDS member.
old_member: The name of an old PDS member that does not have a like-named member in the new PDS. This member name, if entered, must be separated from the new_member name by a colon (:).
If the old_member name is not used, SuperC attempts to compare the new_member to a like-named member of the old PDS.
search_member: The name of the PDS member that is to be searched.

Example	Description
`SELECT NEW1,NEW2`	For a comparison, compares member NEW1 from the new PDS with the member NEW1 from the old PDS and compares member NEW2 from the new PDS with the member NEW2 from the old PDS. For a search, selects members NEW1 and NEW2 from the PDS to be searched.
`SELECT NEW1:OLD1,MEMBER2`	Compares member NEW1 from the new PDS with the member OLD1 from the old PDS and compares member MEMBER2 from the new PDS with the member MEMBER2 from the old PDS.