Will,

I think what you are trying to do is

SW0 ON IS SORT-BY-SUBJECT

then do your 'IF' statement.

Hope this helps.
John.


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>----------
>From:  Will Townsley[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent:  24 July 1998 15:26
>To:    [log in to unmask]
>Subject:       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?
>