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How to set the size of the COMMAREA in a Cobol program for Kicks under VM/370CE?
I'm working on a Cobol program for Kicks under VM/370CE V1R1.2. I followed the Youtube tutorial from Moshix and Rene Ferland and it works well, but now I want my programs to communicate with each ...
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syntax error messages "not terminated" and "unexpected END-IF"
I'm having a constant issue with the UPDATE-PRODUCT portion. I'm getting an error at Line 103:
PERFORM statement not terminated by END-PERFORM
and at Line 117:
syntax error, unexpected END-IF.
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Recursive Pascal Triangle Entry Calculator
I was trying to do a Pascal's triangle entry calculator in COBOL. I wanted to try to use a recursive function. I am a beginner so I looked online for how one may implement this kind of function in ...
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Format faliure merging word template with *.csv file data
I get a format faliure pop up, when trying to merge a *.csv file datasource with a word template in a Cobol program. The faliure arises in following line of code:
MODIFY someHandleNumber ...
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GnuCobol file not found
I am looking for a solution for the following problem.
I run a very simple cobol program to read a file.
I use the following code :
IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
PROGRAM-ID. GADGETS.
...
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How to correctly place the space at 0101 position
Im using cobol 85 to create a program which inputs number of 10 digits, and if user types "END" the program ends. But i cant seem to clear the screen using DISPLAY AT "position". ...
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Moving LENGTH OF to a COMP field fails parse
I receive a PARSE ERROR on the MOVE statement below indicated by the comment. I have tried a variety of changes, but I cannot discern what is wrong. I am new to COBOL. Sorry for the horrible ...
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INITIALIZE PACKED-DECIMAL field on DB2 Query
I'm using a PACKED-DECIMAL field COMP-3 on the WHERE clause on a DB2 QUERY.
When i initialize the zone and i want to display it: It shows: 0404040404
==> It means that the field contains LOW-VALUE
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COBOL program has a faulty check
I have the following COBOL program:
At the end, I ask the user if the results are "Good Enough."
However, no matter what I type, it always says: "Cool, glad you like it!"
Even when ...
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ROUNDED statement in COBOL
I need to write a code to round the 4 decimal data to 2 decimal data.
VAR-A PIC S9(15)V9(4) VALUE 1111.1294
VAR-B PIC S9(15)V99 VALUE ZERO.
when i MOVE VAR-A to VAR-B the expected value is 1111.13 ...
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gnucobol failing to open/create an indexed file
Following a course in COBOL, I'm trying to create an indexed file.
Many times the file reading chapter precedes the writing one, so I had no file to read, and an indexed file is not just a file.
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SORT to merge two files and append data without changing lrecl
I have two files with the same layout and LRECL
FIELD NAME FIELD LENGTH
STORE-CUSTOM-ID X(08)
STORE-GROUP X(25)
STORE-LIST 9(04) OCCURS 500 TIMES
I want to Merge these ...
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HP NonStop NOWAIT I-O
Is it possible to write a NOWAIT I-O in HP NonStop COBOL?
I have a task to write a program to generate three "reports" [CSV files to be downloaded to a desktop for use in EXCEL]. I think I ...
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Error compiling COBOL program with sequential files
I have this COBOL program in my mainframe:
IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
PROGRAM-ID. TEST2.
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Invalid memory address error in my COBOL application
I wrote this COBOL application to perform a prime factorization, it is not yet completed.
When I run the code, I get this error/output:
Programm zur Darstellung der Primfaktorzerlegung mit einer ...
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