Ron Wallace <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message
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>In COBOL

>I ran across an accept statement problem with variable length files.
Notice the >"Y" on "NOREPORTY" on line 90.

>When the stream file was variable length the ACCEPT command picked up two
>lines in the standard list.

>When the same program was run from a fixed length file the ACCEPT command
>worked as it should.

<SNIP>

>The characters accepted in the job stream was smaller than the buffer in
working >storage.

>Anyone know the specific rules about variable length STREAM files and the
>COBOL ACCEPT statement?  Does the buffer size have to match the characters
>input?

>Ron (just curious) Wallace
>559-446-6888

You could try using the

    ACCEPT variable FREE

construct in HP COBOL. This seems to stop a lot of this sort of problem.

HTH
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Mark Undrill
Affirm Limited