Is such usage on table correct

william.kangweiliang · New User Joined: 26 Sep 2008 Posts: 22 Location: China

Hi masters,

Here is one question about cobol need yours help.

Let's say there is a verb def like this:

01 WS-TABLE.
03 WS-TABLE-ENTRY OCCURS 12 TIMES INDEXED BY X-WS-TBL.
05 WS-ACT-DATA.
07 WS-ACT-SOURCE PIC X(01).
88 WS-FMAA-REC VALUE 'F'.
88 WS-AMOA-REC VALUE 'A'.

the function I want is like:

SET X-WS-TBL TO 1
IF WS-AMOA-REC(X-WS-TBL)
.............
END-IF.

Is such usage on table correct? I think it should be

SET X-WS-TBL TO 1
IF WS-ACT-SOURCE(X-WS-TBL) = 'A'
.............
END-IF.

Pls give me your advise! Thx a lot!

dbzTHEdinosauer · Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 2:39 pm

both are correct.
it is easier to code the lvl-88
IF WS-AMOA-REC(X-WS-TBL)

there is a manuals button at the top of the page. look in the cobol programmers for your version of cobol.

in the future, I would suggest reading the manual first.

by the way, the abbreviation for variable is var not verb.

william.kangweiliang · New User Joined: 26 Sep 2008 Posts: 22 Location: China

thanks a lot