Cobol program to match file1 and file2

vicky10001 · Active User Joined: 13 Jul 2005 Posts: 136

Dear All,

I want to write cobol program and I am expecting code or step by step procedure

Please help me out and find my query

File1
2000

File2
100
200
400
500
600
700

I have two input file File1 and File2. I need to match file1 and file2

here File1 have 2000.

Now I want to sum (100 + 200 ) .If its matching file1 and file2 else

I need do (100+200+300 ) .If its not matching else

.......

etc ....

like ,I need to do match all input file2.

My my output should be
output 1
200
500
600
700

or
output 2
100
200
400
600
700

My output should be come Output 1 records or output 2 records.

balakrishna reddy · Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 6:54 pm

hi vicky,

Can you explain the sum function clearly so that we can provide you the code.

kgumraj2 · New User Joined: 01 Aug 2007 Posts: 42 Location: Hyderabad

Hi,

Are you only checking for equal or greater than also,
Please do provide this information also. Thanks.

dick scherrer · Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 12:09 am

Hello,

Please look at this similar topic.
http://ibmmainframes.com/viewtopic.php?t=22885

As i posted in that topic, this sounds like the "classic" accounts receivable "cash application" process. Invoices are paid when an exact match is found or if the total of multiple invoices equals a payment.

If your requirement is similar, you need to clearly define all of the processing rules before you begin coding.

Unless this is a school project and the requirements are less confining.

Raphael Bacay · Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 8:47 am

Hello,

Can you explain the matching algorithm again? It is a little fuzzy.

Regards.

dick scherrer · Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 6:20 pm

Hello,

The cash application algorithm will be very fuzzy until all of the business rules are defined (even then it is usually not trivial). Only when all of the rules are known, might the code be written.

If you post all of the rules, we may be able to help.