DEPENDING ON CLAUSE

vamseepotti · New User Joined: 21 Oct 2003 Posts: 45

Explain DEPENDING ON CLAUSE in tables WITH FULL EXAMPLE?

mvs_butta · New User Joined: 23 Dec 2003 Posts: 13

Variable-length tables can be defined using the OCCURS DEPENDING ON clause.

example
01 ws-name-tbl.
02 ws-name-length pic 99.
02 ws-name occurs 0 to 80 times depending on ws-name-length.

mdtendulkar · Active User Joined: 29 Jul 2003 Posts: 237 Location: USA

Hello vamseepotti,

Have a look at the following link for more details on ODO clause.

Enterprise Cobol Application Programming Guide

Hope this helps,

Regards
Mayuresh Tendulkar

Rao · Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 6:09 pm

hi,

can any one help

what is OCCURS DEPENDING CLAUSE , why it is usefull

priyesh.agrawal · Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 6:49 pm

Check this link for more info on OCCURS DEPENDING ON Clause...

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/pdthelp/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.entcobol3.doc/rlddeoc2.htm

Regards,

Priyesh.