Ken says:

By the way, periods are not necessary after each individual COBOL statement

And indenting nested IF's isn't necessary, either.  Both could be attributed
to ease of readability.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Hirsch [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2000 4:14 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: MicroFocus Cobol compile problem


I believe MF COBOL uses "INSPECT" rather than "EXAMINE".  The compiler is
taking "EXAMINE" to be the name of a paragaph.

By the way, periods are not necessary after each individual COBOL statement



----- Original Message -----
From: "Chipurnoi, Scott (SSC)" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2000 4:34 PM
Subject: MicroFocus Cobol compile problem


> I am posting this to the list as I was unable to help a friend resolve a
> Cobol compile problem.  He is converting some programs from HP3000's Cobol
> to MicroFocus Cobol for use on the 9000.  He is getting the following
> compile error.
>
> * Compiling cyb99gls.cob
>    204     EXAMINE DEBIT-AMT REPLACING ALL ' ' BY '0'.
> *   9-S***********
> **
> **    '.' missing
> * Total Messages:     1
> * Unrecoverable :     0                    Severe  :     1
> * Errors        :     0                    Warnings:     0
> * Informational :     0                    Flags   :     0
> * Data:        1568     Code:        1143
> cob: error(s) in compilation: cyb99gls.cob
> Compile Not Sucessful for cyb99gls.cob
>
> The portion of code that is not compiling is:
>
> 050000 ACCUM-TOTALS.
> RS980213
> 050005     IF DEBIT-AMT    = SPACES
> RS980213
> 050010          GO TO ACCUM-CR.
> RS980213
> 050015     EXAMINE DEBIT-AMT REPLACING ALL ' ' BY '0'.
>
> 050020     MOVE DR-DOLLARS TO WK-DOLLARS.
> RS980213
> 050025     MOVE DR-CENTS TO WK-CENTS.
> RS980213
> 050030     ADD WK-AMOUNT-9 TO TOT-DR.
> RS980213
>
> The compile says it is failing due to a '.' missing, but it looks like it
is
> there at the end of the "EXAMINE" statement in the code.
> Having never used MicroFocus, I don't know if there are problems, to tell
> him about, in going from HP's Cobol to Microfocus.
> Has anyone come across something like this?
>
> TIA.
>