Thanks all,  I just didn't do a good job of reading the manual (in a hurry
as always).  :-)

Ray Shahan

"Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans", John Lennon

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shahan, Ray
> Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 9:59 AM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Weird COBOL thing
>
> Hi all,
>
> I don't understand what's going on with a simple accept statement:
>
>
> 01  KC-CONTRACT              PIC X(02)  VALUE SPACES.
>
> PERFORM UNTIL (KC-CONTRACT <> SPACES)
> ;   DISPLAY "Enter KAD contract to process or 'E' to Exit: "
> ;        WITH NO ADVANCING
> ;
> ;   ACCEPT KC-CONTRACT FREE
> END-PERFORM.
>
>
> One contract value is #7, and if I try that value, it's treated as spaces,
> and so is just the single value of #.  I can't find where/why the pound
> sign symbal is converted/treated as spaces in the *&^%$ hp WEB on-line
> COBOL manual, so any help would be appreciated.
>
> BTW, happy FRIDAY!!
>
> TIA
>
> Ray Shahan
>
> "Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans", John Lennon
>

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