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vijay singh chouhan

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PostPosted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 2:29 pm
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Hello,
What is the concept of switch in cobol program.
I want to add a switching concept to a program.
how to declare switch?
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guptae

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PostPosted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 2:39 pm
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Hi Vijay,

U can use evaluate Clause in COBOL


publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/pdthelp/v1r1/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.debugtool5.doc/eqa5rm02106.htm

www.fluffycat.com/COBOL/Evaluate/
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agkshirsagar

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PostPosted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 2:40 pm
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May be you are looking for something like switch case structure in C language. Cobol equivalent would be Evaluate.Please Go look in the manuals to get more information.
Please let us know if you needed something else.
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vijay singh chouhan

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PostPosted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 3:09 pm
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abhijeet,

I got the solution. i misunderstood the concept anyways thanks all
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