The Replacing Function
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COBOL Copy File The Replacing Function |
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This suite of sample programs describes how to use a the REPLACING function with a COPY file statement within a COBOL program. The REPLACING function allows a programmer to use a single copy file to define multiple data structures of identical format with different field names.
Note: The COBOL language also has an INSPECT REPLACING function that is used to replace characters or text strings in a field at program execution time. For more information about this function refer to the INSPECT REPLACING document available on the SimoTime web site.
The following (CPYREPB1.CPY) is a sample of the Micro Focus COBOL demonstration program. This program was tested using Micro Focus Net Express, version 5.1 and Mainframe Express running on Windows/7.
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* CPYREPB1.CPY - a COBOL Copy File *
* A COPY Replace Template used by the Demo programs. *
* Copyright (C) 1987-2012 SimoTime Enterprises *
* All Rights Reserved *
* Provided by SimoTime Enterprises *
* Our e-mail address is: helpdesk@simotime.com *
* Also, visit our Web Site at http://www.simotime.com *
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* The following is used with a copy statement with replace to
* create a multiple number of uniquely named data structures of
* similar format.
*
01 :ZZZZ:-BUFFER.
05 :ZZZZ:-01 pic x value SPACE.
05 :ZZZZ:-02 pic x(2) value SPACES.
05 :ZZZZ:-03 pic x(3) value SPACES.
*
*** CPYREPB1 - End-of-Copy File - - - - - - - - - - - CPYREPB1 *
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*
The following (CPYREPC1.CBL) is a sample of the Micro Focus COBOL demonstration program. This program was tested using Micro Focus Net Express, version 5.1 and Mainframe Express running on Windows/7.
IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
PROGRAM-ID. CPYREPC1.
DATA DIVISION.
*****************************************************************
WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
*****************************************************************
* Data-structure for Title and Copyright...
* ------------------------------------------------------------
01 SIM-TITLE.
05 T1 pic X(11) value '* CPYREPC1 '.
05 T2 pic X(34) value 'COBOL CopyFile & Replace Function '.
05 T3 pic X(10) value ' v05.06.22'.
05 T4 pic X(24) value ' http://www.simotime.com'.
01 SIM-COPYRIGHT.
05 C1 pic X(11) value '* CPYREPC1 '.
05 C2 pic X(20) value 'Copyright 1987-2012 '.
05 C3 pic X(28) value '--- SimoTime Enterprises ---'.
05 C4 pic X(20) value ' All Rights Reserved'.
01 SIM-THANKS-01.
05 C1 pic X(11) value '* CPYREPC1 '.
05 C2 pic X(32) value 'Thank you for using this softwar'.
05 C3 pic X(32) value 'e provided from SimoTime Enterpr'.
05 C4 pic X(04) value 'ises'.
01 SIM-THANKS-02.
05 C1 pic X(11) value '* CPYREPC1 '.
05 C2 pic X(32) value 'Please send all inquires or sugg'.
05 C3 pic X(32) value 'estions to the helpdesk@simotime'.
05 C4 pic X(04) value '.com'.
* The following copy file defines two alphabetic tables to be
* used for case conversion.
copy CASEVARY.
* The following uses the same copy file to create three uniquely
* named buffers or data structures of identical format.
copy CPYREPB1 replacing ==:ZZZZ:== by ==WORK==.
copy CPYREPB1 replacing ==:ZZZZ:== by ==TEST==.
copy CPYREPB1 replacing ==:ZZZZ:== by ==LAST==.
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PROCEDURE DIVISION.
move 0 to RETURN-CODE
perform Z-POST-COPYRIGHT
* Move lower case letters to WORK-BUFFER and display contents
* by indivdual fields within buffer.
move 'a' to WORK-01
move 'ab' to WORK-02
move 'abc' to WORK-03
display WORK-01
display WORK-02
display WORK-03
* Move the lower-case content of the WORK-BUFFER to the
* TEST-BUFFER. The three inspect statements will do a lower to
* UPPER case conversion of the letters a, b and c. To convert
* the entire alphabet would take 26 inspect statements.
move WORK-BUFFER to TEST-BUFFER
inspect TEST-BUFFER replacing all 'a' by 'A'
inspect TEST-BUFFER replacing all 'b' by 'B'
inspect TEST-BUFFER replacing all 'c' by 'C'
display TEST-01
display TEST-02
display TEST-03
* Move the UPPER-case content of the TEST-BUFFER to the
* STOP-BUFFER. The single inspect statements will do an UPPER
* to lower case conversion.
move TEST-BUFFER to LAST-BUFFER
inspect LAST-BUFFER converting UPPER-CASE to LOWER-CASE
display LAST-01
display LAST-02
display LAST-03
* At this point the lower case content of the primary
* WORK-BUFFER should equal the content of the STOP-BUFFER
* that is the result of multiple conversions of the data that
* wraps around back to lower case content.
if LAST-BUFFER = WORK-BUFFER
display '* CPYREPC1 is Finished...'
move 0 to RETURN-CODE
else
display '* CPYREPC1 is ABENDING...'
move 16 to RETURN-CODE
end-if
perform Z-THANK-YOU.
GOBACK.
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Z-POST-COPYRIGHT.
display SIM-TITLE
display SIM-COPYRIGHT
exit.
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Z-THANK-YOU.
display SIM-THANKS-01
display SIM-THANKS-02
exit.
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* This example is provided by SimoTime Enterprises *
* Our e-mail address is: helpdesk@simotime.com *
* Also, visit our Web Site at http://www.simotime.com *
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The following is a sample listing produced by the Micro Focus COBOL compiler. The listing will show the substitution based on the "REPLACING" value on the "COPY" statements. This program was tested using Micro Focus Net Express, version 5.1 and Mainframe Express running on Windows/7.
* Options: NOLIST NOASMLIST OMF(OBJ) GNT(.\) OBJ(.\) OMF(GNT)
* obj"c:\SimoSAM1\DEVL\HOLD\GNTA\" gnt"c:\SimoSAM1\DEVL\HOLD\GNTA\"
* USE(c:\SimoSAM1\DEVL\DIRS\ASC1\OS390AscCBLBAT.DIR)
* LISTPATH(c:\SimoSAM1\DEVL\LIST)
* Setting: NOACCEPTREFRESH ADV ALIGN"8" ALPHASTART"1" ALTER NOAMODE ANIM
* NOANIMPREP ANS85 APOST AREACHECK ARITHMETIC"OS390" ASSIGN"EXTERNAL"
* NOASSIGN-PRINTER NOAUTOLOCK NOBELL BINLIT"NUMERIC" NOBOUND NOBRIEF
* NOBS2000 BWZSTAR BYTEMODEMOVE CALLFH"EXTFH" NOCALLMCS
* NOCALLRECOVERY CALLSORT"EXTSM" CANCEL CANCELLBR NOCHANGEMESSAGE
* CHARSET"ASCII" CHECKDIV"OS390" NOCHECKREFMOD NOCICS CICS-CPY
* NOCICSOPTIMIZE NOCMPR2 COBFSTATCONV COBIDY"$COBIDY" NOCOBOL370
* COBOLDIR NOCOMP COMP-5"2" COMP-6"2" COMS85 NOCONFIRM NOCONVERTRET
* CONVSPACE COPYEXT"CBL,CPY" COPYLBR COPYLIST COPYLISTCOMMENT"7" CSI
* CURRENCY-SIGN"36" CURRENT-DATE"MMDDYY" NODATA DATACOMPRESS"0"
* NODATA-CONTEXT DATE DBCHECK DBCS"3" DBCSSOSI"14""15" DBSPACE
* DE-EDIT"2" DEFAULTBYTE"32" NODEFAULTCALLS DETECTLOCK NODG DIALECT
* "OS390" NODIRECTIVES-IN-COMMENTS NODOSVS NODOTNET DPCINSUBSCRIPT
* NODYNAM NOEARLY-RELEASE ECHO NOECHOALL NOEDITOR ENSUITE"0"
* NOENTCOBOL ERRFORMAT"1" ERRLIST"VERBOSE" NOERRQ NOFASTINIT FASTSORT
* NOFCD3 NOFCDALIGN NOFCDREG FDCLEAR"1" NOFILESHARE FILETYPE"0" FLAG
* "OS390" FLAGAS"S" FLAGCD"W" NOFLAGEUC NOFLAGMIG NOFLAGQ FLAGSINEDIT
* NOFLAGSTD FOLDCALLNAME"UPPER" FOLDCOPYNAME"UPPER" NOFORM
* FP-ROUNDING"OS390" HOSTARITHMETIC HOSTCONTZERO HOST-NUMCOMPARE"2"
* HOST-NUMMOVE"2" NOHOSTFD NOHOSTRW IBMCOMP IDXFORMAT"8" NOIGNOREEXEC
* NOIL NOILGEN IMPLICITSCOPE INDD"SYSIN 80 R" INFORETURN"0"
* NOINITCALL NOINITPTR INT"c:\SimoSAM1\DEVL\COBOL\CPYREPC1.int"
* INTDATE"ANSI" INTLEVEL"2" IOCONV NOISO2002 NOIXNLSKEY NOIXNUMKEY
* KEEP-INT KEYCHECK KEYCOMPRESS"0" NOLIBRARIAN NOLINE-COUNT LIST
* "CPYREPC1.lst" LISTPATH"c:\SimoSAM1\DEVL\LIST" LISTWIDTH"80"
* LITVAL-SIZE"4" NOLOCALSOURCEFORMAT LOCKTYPE"0" MAPNAME NOMAXERROR
* METHODDEFAULT"REFERENCE" NOMF NOMFCOMMENT NOMOVELENCHECK NOMS NOMVS
* NATIVE"ASCII" NONATIVEFLOATINGPOINT NONCHAR NONEWBASENAME NONLS
* NSYMBOL"DBCS" NOODOOSVS ODOSLIDE NOOLDBLANKLINE NOOLDCOPY
* NOOLDINDEX NOOLDNEXTSENTENCE NOOLDREADINTO NOOLDSTRMIX OOCTRL
* "-C-E-G-P+Q+R-S+W" NOOPTIONAL-FILE OS390 OSEXT"cbl" NOOSVS OUTDD
* "SYSOUT 121 L" NOP64 NOPANVALET NOPC1 PERFORM-TYPE"OS390"
* NOPREPLIST NOPREPROCESS NOPRINT-EXT NOPROFILE NOPROGID-COMMENT
* NOPROGID-INT-NAME NOPROTECT-LINKAGE PROTOTYPE"RELAXED" QUAL
* QUALPROC NOQUERY NOQUOTE NORAWLIST NORDW RECMODE"OS390" NOREENTRANT
* NOREF NOREFNO REMAINDER"2" REPORT-LINE"256" RESEQ NORETRYLOCK
* REWRITE-LS NORM RTNCODE-SIZE"2" NORWHARDPAGE NOSAA NOSEG NOSEQCHK
* SEQUENTIAL"RECORD" NOSERIAL SETTING"LINE" SHAREOUTDD NOSHOW-DIR
* SIGN"ASCII" NOSIGNDISCARD NOSIGNFIXUP SORTTYPE"DFSORT" SOURCEFORMAT
* "FIXED" SOURCETABSTOP"8" NOSPZERO NOSSRANGE NOSTDERR STICKY-LINKAGE
* "2" NOSTICKY-PERFORM SUPFF SWITCHTYPE"1" SYMBSTART"1" SYSPUNCH"80"
* TERMPAGE TIME NOTRACE NOTRUNC TRUNCCALLNAME"8" TRUNCCOPY"8"
* TRUNCINC"10" UNICODE"NATIVE" VERBOSE NOVISUALSTUDIO NOVSC2 WARNING
* "3" NOWB NOWB2 NOWB3 WEBSERVER"CGI" NOWRITELOCK NOWRITETHRU NOXOPEN
* NOXREF ZEROLENGTHFALSE NOZEROSEQ ZWB
1 IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
2 PROGRAM-ID. CPYREPC1.
3 DATA DIVISION.
4*****************************************************************
5 WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
6*****************************************************************
7* Data-structure for Title and Copyright...
8* ------------------------------------------------------------
9 01 SIM-TITLE.
10 05 T1 pic X(11) value '* CPYREPC1 '.
11 05 T2 pic X(34) value 'COBOL CopyFile & Replace Function '.
12 05 T3 pic X(10) value ' v05.06.22'.
13 05 T4 pic X(24) value ' http://www.simotime.com'.
14 01 SIM-COPYRIGHT.
15 05 C1 pic X(11) value '* CPYREPC1 '.
16 05 C2 pic X(20) value 'Copyright 1987-2012 '.
17 05 C3 pic X(28) value '--- SimoTime Enterprises ---'.
18 05 C4 pic X(20) value ' All Rights Reserved'.
19
20 01 SIM-THANKS-01.
21 05 C1 pic X(11) value '* CPYREPC1 '.
22 05 C2 pic X(32) value 'Thank you for using this softwar'.
23 05 C3 pic X(32) value 'e provided from SimoTime Enterpr'.
24 05 C4 pic X(04) value 'ises'.
25
26 01 SIM-THANKS-02.
27 05 C1 pic X(11) value '* CPYREPC1 '.
28 05 C2 pic X(32) value 'Please send all inquires or sugg'.
29 05 C3 pic X(32) value 'estions to the helpdesk@simotime'.
30 05 C4 pic X(04) value '.com'.
31
32* The following copy file defines two alphabetic tables to be
33* used for case conversion.
34*copy CASEVARY.
35*****************************************************************
36* CASEVARY.CPY - a COBOL Copy File *
37* Text Strings for Case Conversion used by the Demo programs. *
38* Copyright (C) 1987-2012 SimoTime Enterprises *
39* All Rights Reserved *
40* Provided by SimoTime Enterprises *
41* Our e-mail address is: helpdesk@simotime.com *
42* Also, visit our Web Site at http://www.simotime.com *
43*****************************************************************
44* The following two data structures are used to convert data
45* strings between lower and UPPER case.
46*
*
47 01 LOWER-CASE PIC X(26) VALUE 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'.
48 01 UPPER-CASE PIC X(26) VALUE 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'.
*
49* CASEVARY, End of Copy File...
50*
51*** CASEVARY - End-of-Copy File - - - - - - - - - - - CASEVARY *
52*****************************************************************
53*
54
55* The following uses the same copy file to create three uniquely
56* named buffers or data structures of identical format.
57*copy CPYREPB1 replacing ==:ZZZZ:== by ==WORK==.
58*****************************************************************
59* CPYREPB1.CPY - a COBOL Copy File *
60* A COPY Replace Template used by the Demo programs. *
61* Copyright (C) 1987-2012 SimoTime Enterprises *
62* All Rights Reserved *
63* Provided by SimoTime Enterprises *
64* Our e-mail address is: helpdesk@simotime.com *
65* Also, visit our Web Site at http://www.simotime.com *
66*****************************************************************
67* The following is used with a copy statement with replace to
68* create a multiple number of uniquely named data structures of
69* similar format.
70*
71 01 WORK-BUFFER.
72 05 WORK-01 pic x value SPACE.
73 05 WORK-02 pic x(2) value SPACES.
74 05 WORK-03 pic x(3) value SPACES.
75* CPYREPB1, End of Copy File...
76*
77*** CPYREPB1 - End-of-Copy File - - - - - - - - - - - CPYREPB1 *
78*****************************************************************
79*
80*copy CPYREPB1 replacing ==:ZZZZ:== by ==TEST==.
81*****************************************************************
82* CPYREPB1.CPY - a COBOL Copy File *
83* A COPY Replace Template used by the Demo programs. *
84* Copyright (C) 1987-2012 SimoTime Enterprises *
85* All Rights Reserved *
86* Provided by SimoTime Enterprises *
87* Our e-mail address is: helpdesk@simotime.com *
88* Also, visit our Web Site at http://www.simotime.com *
89*****************************************************************
90* The following is used with a copy statement with replace to
91* create a multiple number of uniquely named data structures of
92* similar format.
93*
94 01 TEST-BUFFER.
95 05 TEST-01 pic x value SPACE.
96 05 TEST-02 pic x(2) value SPACES.
97 05 TEST-03 pic x(3) value SPACES.
98* CPYREPB1, End of Copy File...
99*
100*** CPYREPB1 - End-of-Copy File - - - - - - - - - - - CPYREPB1 *
101*****************************************************************
102*
103*copy CPYREPB1 replacing ==:ZZZZ:== by ==LAST==.
104*****************************************************************
105* CPYREPB1.CPY - a COBOL Copy File *
106* A COPY Replace Template used by the Demo programs. *
107* Copyright (C) 1987-2012 SimoTime Enterprises *
108* All Rights Reserved *
109* Provided by SimoTime Enterprises *
110* Our e-mail address is: helpdesk@simotime.com *
111* Also, visit our Web Site at http://www.simotime.com *
112*****************************************************************
113* The following is used with a copy statement with replace to
114* create a multiple number of uniquely named data structures of
115* similar format.
116*
117 01 LAST-BUFFER.
118 05 LAST-01 pic x value SPACE.
119 05 LAST-02 pic x(2) value SPACES.
120 05 LAST-03 pic x(3) value SPACES.
121* CPYREPB1, End of Copy File...
122*
123*** CPYREPB1 - End-of-Copy File - - - - - - - - - - - CPYREPB1 *
124*****************************************************************
125*
126
127*****************************************************************
128 PROCEDURE DIVISION.
129 move 0 to RETURN-CODE
130 perform Z-POST-COPYRIGHT
131
132* Move lower case letters to WORK-BUFFER and display contents
133* by indivdual fields within buffer.
134 move 'a' to WORK-01
135 move 'ab' to WORK-02
136 move 'abc' to WORK-03
137 display WORK-01
138 display WORK-02
139 display WORK-03
140
141* Move the lower-case content of the WORK-BUFFER to the
142* TEST-BUFFER. The three inspect statements will do a lower to
143* UPPER case conversion of the letters a, b and c. To convert
144* the entire alphabet would take 26 inspect statements.
145 move WORK-BUFFER to TEST-BUFFER
146 inspect TEST-BUFFER replacing all 'a' by 'A'
147 inspect TEST-BUFFER replacing all 'b' by 'B'
148 inspect TEST-BUFFER replacing all 'c' by 'C'
149 display TEST-01
150 display TEST-02
151 display TEST-03
152
153* Move the UPPER-case content of the TEST-BUFFER to the
154* STOP-BUFFER. The single inspect statements will do an UPPER
155* to lower case conversion.
156 move TEST-BUFFER to LAST-BUFFER
157 inspect LAST-BUFFER converting UPPER-CASE to LOWER-CASE
158 display LAST-01
159 display LAST-02
160 display LAST-03
161
162* At this point the lower case content of the primary
163* WORK-BUFFER should equal the content of the STOP-BUFFER
164* that is the result of multiple conversions of the data that
165* wraps around back to lower case content.
166 if LAST-BUFFER = WORK-BUFFER
167 display '* CPYREPC1 is Finished...'
168 move 0 to RETURN-CODE
169 else
170 display '* CPYREPC1 is ABENDING...'
171 move 16 to RETURN-CODE
172 end-if
173
174 perform Z-THANK-YOU.
175
176 GOBACK.
177
178*****************************************************************
179 Z-POST-COPYRIGHT.
180 display SIM-TITLE
181 display SIM-COPYRIGHT
182 exit.
183
184*****************************************************************
185 Z-THANK-YOU.
186 display SIM-THANKS-01
187 display SIM-THANKS-02
188 exit.
189*****************************************************************
190* This example is provided by SimoTime Enterprises *
191* Our e-mail address is: helpdesk@simotime.com *
192* Also, visit our Web Site at http://www.simotime.com *
193*****************************************************************
*
* Program-Id : CPYREPC1
* Line Data Name Address Size Attributes
* 000009 SIM-TITLE . . . . . . . . . . . 0000000352 00000079 WS G AlphNum
* 000010 T1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0000000352 00000011 WS E AlphNum
* 000011 T2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0000000363 00000034 WS E AlphNum
* 000012 T3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0000000397 00000010 WS E AlphNum
* 000013 T4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0000000407 00000024 WS E AlphNum
* 000014 SIM-COPYRIGHT . . . . . . . . . 0000000432 00000079 WS G AlphNum
* 000015 C1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0000000432 00000011 WS E AlphNum
* 000016 C2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0000000443 00000020 WS E AlphNum
* 000017 C3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0000000463 00000028 WS E AlphNum
* 000018 C4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0000000491 00000020 WS E AlphNum
* 000020 SIM-THANKS-01 . . . . . . . . . 0000000512 00000079 WS G AlphNum
* 000021 C1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0000000512 00000011 WS E AlphNum
* 000022 C2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0000000523 00000032 WS E AlphNum
* 000023 C3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0000000555 00000032 WS E AlphNum
* 000024 C4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0000000587 00000004 WS E AlphNum
* 000026 SIM-THANKS-02 . . . . . . . . . 0000000592 00000079 WS G AlphNum
* 000027 C1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0000000592 00000011 WS E AlphNum
* 000028 C2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0000000603 00000032 WS E AlphNum
* 000029 C3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0000000635 00000032 WS E AlphNum
* 000030 C4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0000000667 00000004 WS E AlphNum
* 000047 LOWER-CASE. . . . . . . . . . . 0000000672 00000026 WS E AlphNum
* 000048 UPPER-CASE. . . . . . . . . . . 0000000704 00000026 WS E AlphNum
* 000071 WORK-BUFFER . . . . . . . . . . 0000000736 00000006 WS G AlphNum
* 000072 WORK-01 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0000000736 00000001 WS E AlphNum
* 000073 WORK-02 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0000000737 00000002 WS E AlphNum
* 000074 WORK-03 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0000000739 00000003 WS E AlphNum
* 000094 TEST-BUFFER . . . . . . . . . . 0000000744 00000006 WS G AlphNum
* 000095 TEST-01 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0000000744 00000001 WS E AlphNum
* 000096 TEST-02 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0000000745 00000002 WS E AlphNum
* 000097 TEST-03 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0000000747 00000003 WS E AlphNum
* 000117 LAST-BUFFER . . . . . . . . . . 0000000752 00000006 WS G AlphNum
* 000118 LAST-01 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0000000752 00000001 WS E AlphNum
* 000119 LAST-02 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0000000753 00000002 WS E AlphNum
* 000120 LAST-03 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0000000755 00000003 WS E AlphNum
* 000000 RETURN-CODE . . . . . . . . . . 0000000760 00000002 PG E Comp G
* 000000 SORT-RETURN . . . . . . . . . . 0000000764 00000002 PG E Comp G
* 000000 TALLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0000000768 00000004 PG E Comp G
* 000000 SORT-MESSAGE. . . . . . . . . . 0000000772 00000008 PG E AlphNum G
* 000000 SORT-FILE-SIZE. . . . . . . . . 0000000780 00000004 PG E Comp G
* 000000 SORT-MODE-SIZE. . . . . . . . . 0000000784 00000004 PG E Comp G
* 000000 SORT-CORE-SIZE. . . . . . . . . 0000000788 00000004 PG E Comp G
* 000000 SORT-CONTROL. . . . . . . . . . 0000000792 00000008 PG E AlphNum G
* 000000 SHIFT-OUT . . . . . . . . . . . 0000000800 00000001 PG E AlphNum G
* 000000 SHIFT-IN. . . . . . . . . . . . 0000000804 00000001 PG E AlphNum G
*
*
*
* Errors
* -Line- Col Code/severity Description
* Micro Focus Net Express V6.0 revision 000 Compiler
* Copyright (C) Micro Focus IP Development Limited 1984-2011.
* REF GKR-009066005A0
* Total Messages: 0
* Data: 1952 Code: 2953
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