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Arun bv
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10 Group PIC X(02).
88 MA-GROUP VALUE 'GF'.
Is MA-PZ-ID defaults to ‘GF’.
Can anyone Explain me Condition naming. |
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dick scherrer
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Hello and welcome to the forum,
At the top of the page is a link to "IBM Manuals". The first set is COBOL.
Read about level 88 entries in a Language Reference (actually any of them will suffice). If you find something in the manual that is not clear, post what you found and your doubt. Someone will be able to clarify.
If this is new to you, you will most likely be better served in our Student and Fresher forum:
www.ibmmainframeforum.com/index.php |
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Phrzby Phil
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You have not defined MA-PZ-ID.
What does "Is MA-PZ-ID defaults to ‘GF’" mean?
Is "condition naming" in the COBOL manual? If so, what does the manual say? If not, what is the question?
Have you seen this in a program? |
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Arun bv
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sorry for the typo error. this is the right question
10 Group PIC X(02).
88 MA-GROUP VALUE 'GF'.
Is MA-GROUP defaults to ‘GF’. |
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niks_jude
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Very basic question which you could have discussed with your seniors I guess.
No it defaults to junk.....you have to give default through VALUE clause. |
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dbzTHEdinosauer
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| or SET condition-name TO TRUE |
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Robert Sample
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Does your question make sense if you have this instead (and this is valid COBOL, by the way)?
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10 Group PIC X(02).
88 MA-GROUP VALUE 'GF', 'XY', 'AD', 'CO', 'B3', '9Y'. |
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Jeffrey Ranney
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You were looking for an answer to this question :
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10 Group PIC X(02).
88 MA-GROUP VALUE 'GF'.
Is MA-PZ-ID defaults to ‘GF’.
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The answer is 'no'. The "GROUP" has a defalut value of... nothing... as in your example there is no "VALUE" clause.
An '88' level is used for testing the value of "GROUP".
For example :
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MOVE SOMETHING-FROM-INPUT TO GROUP
IF MA-PZ-ID
DO THIS
ELSE
DO THAT
END-IF |
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Arun bv
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Thanks everyone.........  |
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rohanthengal
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take this example for more understanding:
01 gender pic x.
88 male value 'M'.
88 female value 'F'.
now... in cobol if below statement occurs...
move 'M' to gender
then we can check whether the person is male or female..
this is the way to check...
IF male then --- this results in TRUE
do this
else
do that.
IF female then --- this results in FALSE
do this
else
do that.
CONDITION NAMES is a means to check which conditions are true based on the data value. |
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