Re: quick and easy question -- COBOL400-L

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thanks all...

Thanks,
Tommy Holden

From:
R Bruce Hoffman <bruce.hoffman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To:
COBOL Programming on the iSeries/AS400 <cobol400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:
04/30/2008 09:45 AM
Subject:
Re: [COBOL400-L] quick and easy question

Technically its known as a condition name. The element it/they
describe(s) can be tested for one of the values or set to one of the
values through the use of the condition name. This isolates the
constants used, to the Data Division, in one location in the code. While
Condition Names use constants, they are not used as one would use a
constant directly in the code.

SET OBJECT-NOT-FND-CS50004 TO TRUE

sets the ERROR-CODE-CS50004 element to contain the value "ON"

IF OBJECT-NOT-FND-CS0004 THEN...

tests the element ERROR-CODE-CS50004 to see if it contains the value "ON"

Tommy.Holden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

if my failing memory is correct:

01 PASSED-PARAMETERS-CS50004.
05 ERROR-CODE-CS50004 PIC XX.
88 OBJECT-NOT-FND-CS50004 VALUE "ON".
88 USER-NOT-FND-CS50004 VALUE "UN".
88 ENTRY-NOT-FND-CS50004 VALUE "NF".

the 88 is always a constant value correct?

Thanks,
Tommy Holden

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