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Re: Tabs in COBOL output
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Rick Gilligan <[log in to unmask]>
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Rick Gilligan <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 12 Nov 1998 20:26:28 GMT
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Jim Gilbert  <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Hey gang, I need to create a tab-delimited output file in a cobol program.
>
>What's the best way to get the tab characters in my output line?

Oh, if you are building the line with STRING, try

STRING ...
       %11
    DELIMITED BY SIZE
       ...

Or:

$DEFINE %Tab =%11#

STRING ...
       %Tab
    DELIMITED BY SIZE
       ...


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Rick Gilligan
Senior Software Specialist
Computer And Software Enterprises, Inc.
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