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krunalbafna
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Hi,
I have input file having records in different cases.
First records has combination of LOwer and upper cases.
My input variable is able to read data in a file which are in UPPER CASES but all the data is lower cases are ignored.
May you tell me why there is such a condition.
As per the read statment
Read input file it should move the date from input file to group varible defined in FD section in similar format.
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Robert Sample
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| My input variable is able to read data in a file which are in UPPER CASES but all the data is lower cases are ignored. |
How do you know this? COBOL quite happily handles upper case, lower case, special characters, and non-printing characters in a PIC X variable.
Since you did not show us any variable definitions, or READ statements, or even any proof of your claim, just how do you expect us to be able to help you? We know what COBOL does based on reading the manuals (link at the top of the page) and years of experience; your claim contradicts this knowledge. Therefore, there is some special circumstance or other factor that you haven't told us about -- and without any code to look at, we cannot proceed. |
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dick scherrer
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Hello,
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| but all the data is lower cases are ignored. |
No, they're not. . . The code is mis-handling them. . .
When you correct the code, they will no longer be "ignored".
If you want help from the forum, you have to provide something for us to work with. . .
Suggest you show a few bits of mixed-case data from your input (use HEX ON, copy/paste, and the "Code" tag) and the code that "ignores" things. . . |
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superk
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| Kinda odd that this is the second time this week someone's posted a topic with this claim. |
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dick scherrer
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Hi Kevin,
A couple of thoughts come to mind. . .
1. didn't like the replies to the first one. they may have very similar ip addressess.
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2. a totally different situation, but sounded similar to the other topic so there was hope that whatever fixed one would fix both.
The premise of both is questionable at best as COBOL has properly handled lower/mixed case for a very long time.
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dneufarth
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| Somebody please just write some code for me! |
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dick scherrer
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Hi Dave,
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| Somebody please just write some code for me! |
So far, we cannot even get what is not working posted. . .
If the mixed-case data and the problem code was posted, we could probably help clarify, but as of now, we don't even have a problem description. If someone wanted to "write come code" i'm not sure where one would begin. . .
Maybe something we can use will be posted 
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Craq Giegerich
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| We haven't heard anything from the original poster. Maybe he has a emuulator that only displays upper case? Or maybe he has discovered that character compares in COBOL are case sensitive? |
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krunalbafna
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Hi team,
The cobol program is working fine when i am trying to debug the code using display statement.
Thanks for your comments and guidance.
Regards,
Krunal |
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dick scherrer
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Thanks for the update - good luck with the debugging 
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