<In reply to Bruce after Arthur>
I have found that using the following CoBOL structure I am able to write
records to an fixed length(determined at execution time) file. I haven't
tried it yet, but I'm sure the same structure would apply to input files. I
use a driver file to build my concatenated fields, count the number of
characters I've strung together, and issue a file equate that includes the
length of my to be created file. Various techniques could be used to
determine the length of a file(input or output) prior to issuing a file
equate and then opening that file. Works like a charm...
Thank You.....Eric Sand
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$CONTROL USLINIT,POST85
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FILE-CONTROL.
SELECT PATRON-DATA ASSIGN TO "PATOUT".
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DATA DIVISION.
FILE SECTION.
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FD PATRON-DATA
RECORD IS VARYING IN SIZE FROM 2 TO 4096 CHARACTERS
DEPENDING ON OUTPUT-LENGTH
RECORDING MODE IS U
DATA RECORD IS PATRON-DATA-RECORD.
01 PATRON-DATA-RECORD PIC X(4096).
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WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
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01 OUTPUT-LENGTH PIC S9(4) COMP VALUE +0.
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01 OUTPUT-DATA PIC X(4096) VALUE SPACES.
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01 PATRON-OUT-FILE-EQUATE.
02 FILLER PIC X(37) VALUE
"FILE PATOUT=PATOUT.PUB;DEV=DISC;REC=-".
02 PATRON-OUT-REC-SIZE PIC 9(4) VALUE ZEROES.
02 FILLER PIC X(10) VALUE
",1,F,ASCII".
02 FILLER PIC X(6) VALUE
";DISC=".
02 PATRON-OUT-FILE-SIZE PIC 9(6) VALUE ZEROES.
02 FILLER PIC X(10) VALUE
",32,1;SAVE".
02 FILLER PIC X VALUE %15.
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PROCEDURE DIVISION.
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ADD IMAGE-FIELD-LGTH(FIELD-CNT) TO OUTPUT-LENGTH.
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COMPUTE ODD-OR-EVEN = FUNCTION MOD (OUTPUT-LENGTH 2).
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COMPUTE OUTPUT-LENGTH = OUTPUT-LENGTH + ODD-OR-EVEN.
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MOVE OUTPUT-LENGTH TO PATRON-OUT-REC-SIZE.
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CALL INTRINSIC "COMMAND" USING PATRON-OUT-FILE-EQUATE
CMD-ERROR
PARM-NUM.
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OPEN OUTPUT PATDATA.
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WRITE PATRON-DATA-RECORD FROM OUTPUT-DATA.
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CLOSE PATDATA.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce Hobbs [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Saturday, September 25, 1999 10:38 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Simple COBOL question
>
> At 12:01 AM -0400 09/25/1999, Arthur Frank <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > FD INPUT-FILE
> > LABEL RECORDS ARE STANDARD.
> > 01 INPUT-RECORD.
> > 05 KEY-VALUE-IN PIC X(10).
> > 05 INPUT-DATA PIC X(128). <-----
> >
> > FD OUTPUT-FILE
> > LABEL RECORDS ARE STANDARD.
> > 01 OUTPUT-RECORD.
> > 05 KEY-VALUE-OUT PIC X(10).
> > 05 KEY-COUNT PIC 9(4).
> > 05 OUTPUT-DATA PIC X(128). <-----
> >
> >I would like the INPUT-DATA and OUTPUT-DATA to be variable size,
> depending =
> >on the size of the input file. I'm sure that this is possible, but I'm =
> >pretty new to the language...
> >
> I don't think there's really any way you can accomplish what you want
> using the current version of the COBOL standard unless you're willing to
> utilize an HP extension (the compiler directive $DEFINE):
>
> $DEFINE %DATALENGTH=128#
> ...
> 05 INPUT-DATA PIC X(%DATALENGTH).
> ...
> 05 OUTPUT-DATA PIC X(%DATALENGTH).
>
> Not that it'll do you any good now, but the next standard includes a data
> division construct, SAME AS, that should be just the ticket:
>
> ...
> 05 INPUT-DATA PIC X(128).
> ...
> 05 OUTPUT-DATA SAME AS INPUT-DATA.
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