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maxsubrat
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I have a a requirement of a lenghth check..
FIELDA = X(800)
FIELDA has data varying 3 to 10.
IF FIELDA is less and equal to X(10)
perform para-100
else
perform para-200
end-if.
How to meet the above requirement.Thanks for any suggestion.
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Nic Clouston
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| jeesh! And with your daily reading of the forum nothing came to mind as to previous topis on this subject? |
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dick scherrer
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Hello,
I suspect that different people will have different understandings of what you have asked.
Personally, i do not understand at all. How can FIELDA be compared to X(10)?
Maybe if you show some samples of the "input" and the result of the IF statement for each of the input samples it will help clarify. |
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Bill Woodger
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I'm not sure what you actually want either.
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01 a-nice-name-which-describes-the-field pic x(10).
MOVE FIELDA TO a-nice-name-which-describes-the-field
IF FIELDA EQUAL TO a-nice-name-which-describes-the-field
perform para-100
ELSE
perform para-200
END-IF |
This assumes trailing spaces in your FIELDA. |
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Pandora-Box
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Assuming that I understood your requirement
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FIELDA has data varying 3 to 10.
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Do you mean the actual data of 3 to 10 bytes apart from spaces ,low-values ??
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If FIELDA(11:790) NOT = SPACES OR LOW-VALUES
perform para-100
Else
perform para-200
End-if |
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Robert Sample
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COBOL does not have strings in the same way other languages have strings (variables whose length changes at run time). FIELDA, if you defined it as PIC X(800) in WORKING-STORAGE, has a length of 800. It will have a length of 800 no matter what the data is in the variable. A variable in WORKING-STORAGE is fixed length -- even variables with OCCURS DEPENDING ON have the maximum possible amount of storage reserved for them, no matter how many occurrences exist at any given time.
If a variable is defined in LINKAGE SECTION, with OCCURS DEPENDING ON, then the length can vary at run time -- but the memory for the variables is not local to the executing program.
Variables in an 01 in the FILE SECTION can also use OCCURS DEPENDING ON to have varying length, but in this case the length is based upon what the file record contains.
As others have said, perhaps if you explain what you need to accomplish, rather than how you're trying to do it, we can provide more assistance. |
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Bill Woodger
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| Pandora-Box wrote: |
Assuming that I understood your requirement
| maxsubrat wrote: |
FIELDA has data varying 3 to 10.
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Do you mean the actual data of 3 to 10 bytes apart from spaces ,low-values ??
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If FIELDA(11:790) NOT = SPACES OR LOW-VALUES
perform para-100
Else
perform para-200
End-if |
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01 FIELDA.
05 FILLER PIC X(10).
05 FILLER PIC X(790).
88 FIELDA-TRAILING-VALUE-ONLY VALUE SPACE.
If FIELDA-TRAILING-VALUE-ONLY
perform para-100
Else
perform para-200
End-if |
Your solution, Pandora-box, just not encouraging the reference-modification. |
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Pandora-Box
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Thanks Bill :-)
I get that :-) |
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