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Re: COBOL Program Help Needed - Part 2
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Dennis Handly <[log in to unmask]>
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Dennis Handly <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 30 Sep 1999 06:35:51 GMT
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Glenn A. Mitchell ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
: or compare it to the EBCDIC value (e.g. IF RECORD-TYPE='A' won't work until
: RECORD-TYPE has been translated; IF RECORD-TYPE=%301 will work OK w/o
: translation as %301 is an EBCDIC encoded 'A'.)
: Glenn A. Mitchell  Mailto:[log in to unmask]

A level 88 makes more sense here because you can give it a symbolic name.
And you can also use SYMBOLIC CHARACTERS to define the char.

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