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Agenda Fun with Functions –how to get the system date –How to get the next service date INDARA and SI Condition Names Iteration Logical Files Positioning the file pointer

Fun with Functions ILEFUNCT

Condition Names Used with Code Fields –Eg. ARE-THERE-MORE-RECORDS –Eg. FINAL-GRADE –Eg. Indicators

Condition Names 01 ARE-THERE-MORE-RECORDS PIC X(3) VALUE ‘YES’. 88 THERE-ARE-MORE-RECORDS VALUE ‘YES’. 88 END-OF-FILEVALUE ‘NO’. IF THERE-ARE-MORE-RECORDS READ EMPLOYEE-FILE. IF END-OF-FILE PERFORM TERMINATION-RTN.

Set Verb Used to initialize fields to a Condition- Name. 01 ARE-THERE-MORE-RECORDS PIC X(3). 88 THERE-ARE-MORE-RECORDS VALUE ‘YES’. 88 END-OF-FILEVALUE ‘NO’. SET END-OF-FILE TO TRUE.

Conditions Cont’d 01 WORK-DAYS PIC X(3). 88 MONDAY VALUE ‘MON’. 88 TUESDAY VALUE ‘TUE’. 88 WEDNESDAY VALUE ‘WED’. 88 THURSDAY VALUE ‘THU’ 88 FRIDAY VALUE ‘FRI’. SET MONDAY TO TRUE. IF FRIDAY DISPLAY ‘GO HOME EARLY’.

Conditions Cont’d 01 FALL-MONTHS PIC X(3). 88 SEPTEMBER VALUE ‘SEP’. 88 OCTOBER VALUE ‘OCT’. 88 NOVEMBERVALUE ‘NOV’. 88 DECEMBER VALUE ‘DEC’. IF OCTOBER DISPLAY ‘HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!’ SET DECEMBER TO TRUE.

Option Indicators and Conditions 01 WS-indicators. 05 IN90 INDICATOR 90 PIC display-message value B’1’. 88 dont-display-message value B’0’. Set display-message to true. Set dont-display-message to true. If display-message If don’t-display-message If not display-message

Response Indicators and Conditions 01 WS-Control. 05 ws-function-key pic x(2). 88 F3 value ’03’ 88 F12 value ’12’. 88 Enter value ’00’ 05 ws-device-name pic x(10). 05 ws-record-format pic x(10). If F3 If not F3

Iteration Looping

BASIC Perform Statement PERFORM (paragraph-name)

Basic PERFORM READ Emp-File PERFORM DSP-Rtn STOP RUN DSP-RTN move emp-in to emp- out. write dsp-record format is ‘SCREEN’. read dsp-file record.

PERFORM Until PERFORM paragraph-name UNTIL Condition

PERFORM Until Condition Met? Execute Program Statements NO YES

PERFORM Until READ Emp-File AT END Move ‘YES’ TO EOF. PERFORM Dsp-Rtn UNTIL EOF = ‘Y’ STOP RUN DSP-RTN move emp-in to emp-out. write dsp-record format is ‘SCREEN’. read dsp-file RECORD. read emp-file at end move ‘YES’ to EOF.

PERFORM X Times PERFORM (paragraph-name) THROUGH/THRU (paragraph-name) (integer/variable) TIMES

PERFORM X Times Number of Times Met? Execute Program Statements NO YES

PERFORM X Times READ Emp-File AT END Move ‘YES’ TO EOF. PERFORM Dsp-Rtn 5 TIMES STOP RUN DSP-RTN move emp-in to emp- out. write dsp-record format is ‘SCREEN’. read dsp-file record.

PERFORM With Test After PERFORM (paragraph-name) THROUGH/THRU (paragraph-name) WITH TEST AFTER UNTIL Condition

PERFORM With Test After Condition Met? Execute Program Statements NO YES

PERFORM With Test After READ Emp-File AT END Move ‘YES’ TO EOF. PERFORM Dsp-Rtn WITH TEST AFTER UNTIL EOF = ‘Y’ STOP RUN DSP-RTN move emp-in to emp-out. write dsp-record format is ‘SCREEN’. read dsp-file record. read emp-file AT END MOVE ‘YES’ TO EOF.

PERFORMs within PERFORMs READ Emp-File AT END Move ‘YES’ TO EOF. PERFORM DSP-Rtn UNTIL 5 TIMES STOP RUN DSP-RTN MOVE EMP-IN TO EMP-OUT. PERFORM Write-Rtn

Iteration Statement to Use? Perform Until –Tests for the condition first –Statements are executed only if the condition is true Perform With Test After –tests for the condition last –Statements are always executed at least once

Iteration Statement to Use? Perform X Times –Use this when you know the number of times the paragraph(s) are to be executed.

Sorting Data Using Access Paths

Physical Files vs Logical Files EMPLOYEEPF *FILE EMPLOYEE *FILE Physical Files or Logical Files?

Externally Described Files Select Statement when physical/logical file has a key. SELECT Cobol-file-name ASSIGN TO database-actual-file-name [ORGANIZATION IS INDEXED] [ACCESS MODE IS SEQUENTIAL] RECORD KEY is data-element. (data-element could be EXTERNaLLY-DESCRIBED-KEY)

Externally Described Files Copying the record layout. FD Cobol-file-name. 01 Cobol-Record-Name. COPY DD-actualrecordname OF actualfilename. (DD can be replaced by DDS if you require the 10 char field names instead of the aliases)

Handy Physical File Commands DSPPFM – Display Physical File Member Displays the contents of a Physical File in arrival sequence. DSPFD – Display File Description Information about the file – eg access path. DSPFFD – Display File Field Description Displays the fields in the file.

Positioning the File Pointer Start Verb

Used only with Sequentially defined files. Initialize the record key START file-name Key Condition INVALID KEY Perform Invalid-Logic NOT INVALID KEY Perform valid-logic END-START.