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July 1998, Week 4

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John Zoltak <[log in to unmask]>
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John Zoltak <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 24 Jul 1998 12:36:24 -0400
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Will, It works for me. Here is the example.

:cob85xlg cobtestm
PAGE 0001  COBOL II/iX HP31500A.04.16  [85] Copyright Hewlett-Packard
CO. 1987
 00001          001000$CONTROL SOURCE,POST85
 00002          001100 IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
 00003          001200 PROGRAM-ID. TEST.
 00004          001300 ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.
 00005          001400 CONFIGURATION SECTION.
 00006          001500 SOURCE-COMPUTER. HP3000.
 00007          001600 OBJECT-COMPUTER. HP3000.
 00008          001700 SPECIAL-NAMES.
 00009          001800     SW0 IS SORT-SWITCH ON IS SORT-BY-SUBJECT.
 00010          001900 DATA DIVISION.
 00011          002000 WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
 00012          002100
 00013          002400 PROCEDURE DIVISION.
 00014          002500 BEGIN-TEST.
 00015          002600    if sort-by-subject
 00016          002700       display "sorting by subject"
 00017          002800    else
 00018          002900       display "NOT sorting by subject"
 00019          003000    end-if.
0 ERROR(s), 0 QUESTIONABLE, 0 WARNING(s)
    DATA AREA IS       28 BYTES.
    CPU TIME = 0:00:00.  WALL TIME = 0:00:00.
END OF PROGRAM
END OF COMPILE
HP Link Editor/iX (HP30315A.05.23) Copyright Hewlett-Packard Co 1986
LinkEd> link
END OF LINK

NOT sorting by subject

END OF PROGRAM
:run $oldpass;parm=%100000

sorting by subject

END OF PROGRAM

John Zoltak
North American Mfg Co

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Will Townsley [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, July 24, 1998 10:27 AM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      [HP3000-L] Cobol Switch - Help
>
> I am trying to use a cobol switch (what is called an UPSI switch in
> IBM)
> for the first time on HP and must be doing something incorrectly. I
> have entered the following under special names:
>
> SW0 IS SORT-SWITCH ON IS SORT-BY-SUBJECT
>
> In the program logic, the following is coded:
>
> IF  SORT-BY-SUBJECT
>     (DO THE SORT BY SUBJECT)
> ELSE
>     (DO THE SORT ANOTHER WAY).
>
> In the run statement is the following:
>
> RUN WRT001O.SMC.COLLEGE;PARM=%1000000
>
> Can you see anything wrong here?

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