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nadh · Intermediate Joined: 08 Oct 2004 Posts: 192 Topics: 89

Hi,

Can we declare FILE-STATUS as PIC 99? Why its is written in books as we have to declare it as PIC XX. Please clarify.

Cheers!!!
Nadh

jsharon1248 · Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 7:59 am Post subject:

Yes. PIC 99 is covered by the second description.

nadh · Intermediate Joined: 08 Oct 2004 Posts: 192 Topics: 89

HI,

Thankyou.

Since its declared as USAGE IS DISPLAY the PIC will be treated as alphanumeric. My doubt is I have never seen Alphabetic error codes in FILE-STATUS. Even then why it is declared as PIC xx.

Please give me the solution.

Cheers!!!
Nadh

superk · Advanced Joined: 19 Dec 2002 Posts: 684 Topics: 5

Nadh, as someone who's not a programmer, I don't always understand how you guys look at things from a logic standpoint.

If you have a value such as FILE-STATUS, which by definition is something you would never, ever, be performing calculations on, then it makes no logical sense to declare it as anything BUT alpha-numeric. To me, the same logic would hold true for other non-calculatable numeric values like account numbers or PIN numbers or ID numbers, etc.

jsharon1248 · Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 8:14 am Post subject:

The manuals don't explain 'why'. They just tell you to use either PIC XX or PIC 99 to make it work. That's the convention. If you don't like the XX version, just use the 99 version.

Terry_Heinze · Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 3:12 pm Post subject:

Currently, only numeric values populate the 2-character FILE-STATUS. Who knows what might happen in the future?
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Terry_Heinze · Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 11:21 pm Post subject:

Correction: That should be FILE STATUS not FILE-STATUS.
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nadh · Intermediate Joined: 08 Oct 2004 Posts: 192 Topics: 89

Hi,
Thankyou Terry.

I've got the below information for it.

The first character of the file-status-key is known as status-key-1; the second character is known as status-key-2.If status-key-1 is a nine (9) then status key 2 is "implementor-defined". Many vendors take advantage of the x"00' to x'FF' (or 0-255) binary value. Therefore, the file status key may not always be a numeric value.

Cheers!!!
Nadh