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Posted: **Fri Oct 12, 2012 8:14 pm**

Hello,

The question was about using SPACES instead of

IF some-field = ‘ ‘

I do not believe there is an issue when placing spaces between quotes. The question was about using (what in COBOL are known as Figurative Constants) SPACES.

I see nothing wrong with your code, it just does not address the question the TS posted.

And, according to the documentation, SPACES can be used to MOVE or compare (IF).

Posted: **Fri Oct 12, 2012 8:30 pm**

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IF fieldname EQ ' '
IF fieldname SPACES

can be coded.

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IF fieldname EQ SPACES

cannot.

We would've expected the TS to have some variant of the last, but we'll probably never know for sure. I don't have access at the moment. Perhaps you can "toss it in" and see if you get the error message reported?

Posted: **Fri Oct 12, 2012 9:41 pm**

BillyBoyo wrote:
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IF fieldname EQ ' '
IF fieldname SPACES

can be coded.

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IF fieldname EQ SPACES

cannot.

We would've expected the TS to have some variant of the last, but we'll probably never know for sure. I don't have access at the moment. Perhaps you can "toss it in" and see if you get the error message reported?

As we suspected...

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*--- INPUT ---
I-REC 1 80 A
FIELDNAME 1 1 A
*
*
JOB INPUT FILEA NAME OUTPUT
*
*IF FIELDNAME EQ ' ' * SYNTAX OK
*IF FIELDNAME SPACES * SYNTAX OK
IF FIELDNAME EQ SPACES * B082 NAME IS UNDEFINED
DISPLAY 'GOT A HIT'
GOTO JOB
END-IF

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