Appendices
Presidents.dat, Presidents2.dat
The file presidents.dat, used in many examples in this document, is a fixed-length sequential file with a record length of 85 bytes. As a fixed-length sequential file, it can be described as either as sequential file (org sq) or a relative file (org rl). The data in presidents.dat is below.
01 George Washington 178904301797030408 Independent John Adams
02 John Adams 179703041801030404 Federalist Thomas Jefferson
03 Thomas Jefferson 180103041809030408 Democratic-Republican Aaron Burr
04 James Madison 180903041817030408 Democratic-Republican George Clinton
05 James Monroe 181703041825030408 Democratic-Republican Daniel D. Tompkins
06 John Quincy Adams 182503041829030404 Democratic-Republican John C. Calhoun
07 Andrew Jackson 182903041837030408 Democratic John C. Calhoun
08 Martin Van Buren 183703041841030404 Democratic Richard Mentor Johnson
09 William Henry Harrison 184103041841040400 Whig John Tyler
10 John Tyler 184104041845030404 Whig Vacant
11 James K. Polk 184503041849030404 Democratic George M. Dallas
12 Zachary Taylor 184903041850070901 Whig Millard Fillmore
13 Millard Fillmore 185007091853030403 Whig Vacant
14 Franklin Pierce 185303041857030404 Democratic William R. King
15 James Buchanan 185703041861030404 Democratic John C. Breckinridge
16 Abraham Lincoln 186103041865041504 Republican Andrew Johnson
17 Andrew Johnson 186504151869030404 Democratic Vacant
18 Ulysses S. Grant 186903041877030408 Republican Schuyler Colfax
19 Rutherford B. Hayes 187703041881030404 Republican William A. Wheeler
20 James A. Garfield 188103041881091900 Republican Chester A. Arthur
21 Chester A. Arthur 188109191885030404 Republican Vacant
22 Grover Cleveland 188503041889030404 Democratic Thomas A. Hendricks
23 Benjamin Harrison 188903041893030404 Republican Levi P. Morton
24 Grover Cleveland 189303041897030404 Democratic Adlai E. Stevenson
25 William McKinley 189703041901091404 Republican Theodore Roosevelt
26 Theodore Roosevelt 190109141909030408 Republican Vacant
27 William Howard Taft 190903041913030404 Republican James S. Sherman
28 Woodrow Wilson 191303041921030408 Democratic Thomas R. Marshall
29 Warren G. Harding 192103041923080202 Republican Calvin Coolidge
30 Calvin Coolidge 192308021929030407 Republican Charles G. Dawes
31 Herbert Hoover 192903041933030404 Republican Charles Curtis
32 Franklin D. Roosevelt 193303041945041212 Democratic Harry S. Truman
33 Harry S Truman 194504121953012008 Democratic Alben W. Barkley
34 Dwight D. Eisenhower 195301201961012008 Republican Richard Nixon
35 John F. Kennedy 196101201963112202 Democratic Lyndon B. Johnson
36 Lyndon B. Johnson 196311221969012006 Democratic Hubert Humphrey
37 Richard Nixon 196901201974080905 Republican Gerald Ford
38 Gerald Ford 197408091977012003 Republican Nelson Rockefeller
39 Jimmy Carter 197701201981012004 Democratic Walter Mondale
40 Ronald Reagan 198101201989012008 Republican George H. W. Bush
41 George H. W. Bush 198901201993012004 Republican Dan Quayle
42 Bill Clinton 199301202001012008 Democratic Al Gore
43 George W. Bush 200101202009012008 Republican Dick Cheney
44 Barack Obama 200901202013012004 Democratic Joe Biden
The file presidents2.txt is a variable-length line sequential file with a minimum record length of 12 bytes and a maximum record length of 24 bytes. The data in presidents2.txt is below:
44 Barack Obama
43 George W. Bush
42 Bill Clinton
41 George H. W. Bush
40 Ronald Reagan
39 Jimmy Carter
38 Gerald Ford
37 Richard Nixon
36 Lyndon B. Johnson
35 John F. Kennedy
34 Dwight D. Eisenhower
33 Harry S Truman
33 Warren G. Harding
32 Franklin D. Roosevelt
31 Herbert Hoover
30 Calvin Coolidge
28 Woodrow Wilson
27 William Howard Taft
26 Theodore Roosevelt
25 William McKinley
24 Grover Cleveland
23 Benjamin Harrison
22 Grover Cleveland
21 Chester A. Arthur
20 James A. Garfield
19 Rutherford B. Hayes
18 Ulysses S. Grant
17 Andrew Johnson
16 Abraham Lincoln
15 James Buchanan
14 Franklin Pierce
13 Millard Fillmore
12 Zachary Taylor
11 James K. Polk
10 John Tyler
09 William Henry Harrison
08 Martin Van Buren
07 Andrew Jackson
06 John Quincy Adams
05 James Monroe
04 James Madison
03 Thomas Jefferson
02 John Adams
01 George Washington