How do you code Cobol to access a parameter that has been
defined in JCL?
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Answer / shan
Ff it is SYSIN input in JCL,
ACCEPT <VARIABLE> FROM SYSIN
If it parameter is give through PARM, then COBOL program
should recieve through LINKAGE SECTION
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Answer / lynn ertell
Apparently you cannot use the ACCEPT verb against the
LINKAGE parameters if you are already using SYSIN.
It's either one or the other but not both.
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Answer / harish
environemnt division
file1 assign to ddname
file2 assign to ddname
for this in JCL //DDNAME DD DSN.......
LINKAGE SECTION
01 LN-LEN PIC S9(4) COMP.
01 X PIC X
01 Y PIC X
IN JCL THROUGH PARM (MAX 1 TO 100 CHAR)
procedure division.
ACCEPT X
ACCEPT Y.
IN JCL THROUGH SYSIN DD*
pls correct me if anything wrong
HARISH POOMGAME SHIVAPPA(hassan,karnataka)
NIIT TECHNOLOGY
KOLKATA
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