Additional fields with text constants can be placed into the target file among those output fields which are filled from the result table:
Example:
DATAEXTRACT cno, firstname, name FROM customer;
'Customer Number:' 1 - 15
'Name :' 22 - 28
cno 16 - 21
firstname 29 - 38
name 39 - 48
OUTFILE ...
The text constant enclosed in single quotation marks is specified in this case instead of the column name or column number.
The text constant is output in CHAR format and truncated or padded with blanks on the right, if necessary.
There is no sequence for the description of output fields; output columns and output constants can be mixed.
If the statement contains the constant but no column descriptions, all result columns are entered into the output record in accordance with the default conventions. Constants entered previously may be overwritten in this case.