Variable Length Input File
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From: manubay on 21 Dec 2006 12:08 Is there a way in Cobol to handle an input file that has variable LRECL? If there is, how would it be defined in the FD section? Thank you.
From: Anonymous on 21 Dec 2006 12:56 In article <1166720886.579682.68830(a)42g2000cwt.googlegroups.com>, <manubay(a)pacbell.net> wrote: >Is there a way in Cobol to handle an input file that has variable >LRECL? Yes. >If there is, how would it be defined in the FD section? The way the manual tells it usually works. >Thank you. You're quite welcome. DD
From: manubay on 21 Dec 2006 13:16 Will it work on MVS COB 370 compiler? How should i define the PIC clause? Unfortunately, I don't have a manual. Thanks again. Regards, Greg docdwarf(a)panix.com wrote: > In article <1166720886.579682.68830(a)42g2000cwt.googlegroups.com>, > <manubay(a)pacbell.net> wrote: > >Is there a way in Cobol to handle an input file that has variable > >LRECL? > > Yes. > > >If there is, how would it be defined in the FD section? > > The way the manual tells it usually works. > > >Thank you. > > You're quite welcome. > > DD
From: Anonymous on 21 Dec 2006 13:22 In article <1166725014.449314.160860(a)i12g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, <manubay(a)pacbell.net> wrote: >Will it work on MVS COB 370 compiler? I've had no troubles in that environment. >How should i define the PIC >clause? That depends on the file. >Unfortunately, I don't have a manual. This might help: <http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/FRAMESET/IGY3LR10/CCONTENTS?DT=20020920180651> >Thanks again. You're quite welcome. DD
From: manubay on 21 Dec 2006 14:00
I think I didn't explain my problem well. Maybe it'll be better with an example. Let's say, I have file called TESTA. TESTA doesn't always have the same LRECL. Sometime TESTA will be defined in the JCL with LRECL=30. Other times, it will be have LRECL=70. And so on. My problem is how should TESTA be represented in FD? Regards, Greg docdwarf(a)panix.com wrote: > In article <1166725014.449314.160860(a)i12g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, > <manubay(a)pacbell.net> wrote: > >Will it work on MVS COB 370 compiler? > > I've had no troubles in that environment. > > >How should i define the PIC > >clause? > > That depends on the file. > > >Unfortunately, I don't have a manual. > > This might help: > > <http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/FRAMESET/IGY3LR10/CCONTENTS?DT=20020920180651> > > >Thanks again. > > You're quite welcome. > > DD |