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'Add X1 to Y1 giving T ' for this cobol stmt, i want eqivalent in to easytrieve

katantdlsr wrote:'Add X1 to Y1 giving T ' for this cobol stmt, i want eqivalent in to easytrieve

28 X1 W 10 A VALUE 'WELCOME'
29 Y1 W 02 N VALUE 20
30 Y2 W 02 N VALUE 30
31 T W 03 N
32 *
33 PROGRAM
34 DISPLAY X1
35 DISPLAY Y1
36 DISPLAY Y2
37 ADD Y1 TO Y2 GIVING T

By this add statement i got the error below followed one

>>> $ fieldname not defined
>>> $ not a valid statement
38 DISPLAY 'T = Y1 +Y2' T

Hello and welcome to the forum,

Try:
T= Y1 + Y2

Thanq very much but i want to know that is there no written form of the statement For ADD(i.e VERBAL statement).

Hello,

Not that i'm aware of - just code the expression. . .