NOFILL

Prevent the data area from being padded with blanks

WSupported on Windows

USupported on Unix

VSupported on OpenVMS

NSupported in Synergy .NET

NOFILL

Discussion

If the file record size is less than the size of the data area that is passed to the READ or READS statement, by default, READ or READS will place the record into the data area and then fill the remainder of the data area with spaces. Specifying the NOFILL qualifier causes the data to be transferred to the user’s data area without padding the data area, leaving the remainder of the user’s data area unchanged.

See also

• READ statement
• READS statement