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Buffering records |
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.* Example by TenFiftyTwo(c). |
.* The following pipeline displays the contents of file: example.txt, translated to uppercase, followed.* by the lowercase translation of the file. The BUFFER stage prevents the pipeline from stalling. pipe (endchar ? comment //)
< &installdrive:\&installpath\Examples\Input\example.txt // Read input file. | strip trailing // Trim off whitespace. | a: locate // Route out null records. | d: faninany // Read from both pipelines. | b: fanout // Copy input to primary and secondary output streams. | xlate upper // Translate to uppercase. | c: fanin // Combine streams into single stream. | console // Display records on the console. ? a: // Start of second pipeline. | specs x20 1 // Replace a null record with a space. | d: // Define secondary input for FANINANY. ? b: // Define secondary output stream for FANOUT. | xlate lower // Translate to lowercase. | buffer // Buffer to prevent pipeline from stalling. | literal // Write a blank record. | c: // Define secondary input stream for FANIN.