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changes, and to activate the options from this group, which are used to tailor exactly how you want the
word based splitting process to take place.
l Word change: Select if you want the data file to be split when the word found at a given location
changes.
l Get: Click to go to the Data Selector and select the location associated with the Word change
option.
l Specific word: Enter the word to use as the splitting criteria. In this variable property box, you
may enter static characters, variables, job information elements or any combination of these. You
may also use the Get Data button to get a static string of characters from the sample data file. If
you use this option, the coordinates of the data you will select will be added to the From line, To
line, From column and To column boxes below.
l From line: Enter a value corresponding to the first line on which the splitter must start searching
for the word.
l To line: Enter a value corresponding to the last line on which the splitter must start searching for
the word.
l From column: Enter a value corresponding to the first column in which the splitter must start
searching for the word.
l To column: Enter a value corresponding to the last column in which the splitter must start
searching for the word.
l Match case: Select to force the splitter to match the character casing. Note that this setting
applies both to the Specific Word and Word change options. If this option is selected, “DAY” and
“Day” will not be considered as matching the search string “day”.
l Trim selection: Select to force the splitter to strip empty trailing characters. When this option is
not selected, blank trailing characters, if any, are considered in the matching process, so the
word “DAY” will not be considered as matching the word “DAY”. Note that this setting applies
only to the Word change option.
l Where to split: By default, the task splits the file at the beginning of the line on which the
condition is met (the default value is 0). If you want the task to split the file a certain number of
lines before or after that line, enter a value other than 0 in this box. Enter 1, for example, to split
the file at the beginning of the line that precedes the line on which the condition is met.
l Before: If you entered a value other than 0 in the Where to split box, select this option if you
want to split the file a given number of lines before the line on which the condition is met.
l After: If you entered a value other than 0 in the Where to split box, select this option if you
want to split the file a given number of lines after the line on which the condition is met.
l When condition is found: By default, the task splits the file every time the condition is met (the
default value is 1). If you want the task to split the file only when the condition has been met
twice, for example, enter the number 2 in this box.