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VALUE Clause!!
Posted:
Sun Oct 03, 2010 3:13 pmby sivanag
HI...
it s all abt VALUE Cluse..
i want initialize data-names as shown below
77 male pic 9(2) value '1','2'.
77 female pic 9(2) value '2','3'.
77 value pic9(1).
procedure division.
accept value.
if value='1'
display 'male'.
if value='2'
display 'male&female'
else
display 'female'.
is this code will work??
plz help me...
regard
Sivanag
Re: VALUE Clause!!
Posted:
Sun Oct 03, 2010 5:53 pmby Robert Sample
What you have coded will not work. Look up 88 levels in the COBOL Language Reference manual.
Re: VALUE Clause!!
Posted:
Sun Oct 03, 2010 10:01 pmby dick scherrer
Hello,
You also need to look at how the IFs are coded.
As coded, you will never see only "male". . .
When the value is 1, "male" will be displayed. Then "female" will be displayed. . .
Re: VALUE Clause!!
Posted:
Thu Oct 14, 2010 1:35 pmby shindeswap
01 Gender
88 male values '1','2'.
88 female value '2','3'.
procedure division.
accept gender.
if gender='1'
display 'male'.
if gender='2'
display 'male&female'
else if gender='3'
display 'female'.
Try this and confirm
Re: VALUE Clause!!
Posted:
Fri Oct 15, 2010 12:09 amby dick scherrer
Hello,
Why are there 88 level entries? They are not referenced.
"Gender" needs a picture. . .
Re: VALUE Clause!!
Posted:
Fri Oct 15, 2010 6:07 pmby Ferrari2010
Hi,
You can use below simple logic to check how 88 level works.
below code may have syntax errors, please take care.
01 GENDER PIC X (01).
88 MALE VALUE '1'.
88 FEMALE VALUE '1'.
PROCEDURE DIVISION.
DISPLAY " ENTER THE CODE".
ACCEPT GENDER
IF MALE
DISPLAY " ENTERED VALUE: 1"
ELSE IF FEMALE
DISPLAY " ENTERED VALUE: 2"
ELSE
DISPLAY "INVALID ENTRY"
END-IF.
Thanks,
Re: VALUE Clause!!
Posted:
Fri Oct 15, 2010 11:22 pmby NicC
Yes - it has errors. FEMALE should have VALUE 2.
You should cut and paste from a working program.
Re: VALUE Clause!!
Posted:
Sat Oct 16, 2010 1:45 amby dick scherrer
Hello,
The code posted by Ferrari2010 does not follow the original "rules". . .
As Nic mentioned, the code is also wrong.
Please do not post "solutions" that have not been tested and meet the requirement. . .
Re: VALUE Clause!!
Posted:
Thu Oct 21, 2010 6:22 pmby ritikasingh
As a suggestion if you are looking at same variable in if loop many times , its better to use EVALUATE as per my opinion.As i think in 'IF' even though the first condition has met successfully it will keep going the if loop taking more time.
Re: VALUE Clause!!
Posted:
Thu Oct 21, 2010 6:38 pmby Robert Sample
Why do you think when you can read section 6.2.19.2 of the COBOL Language Reference manual and know for sure -- especially when what you think is wrong. If the first IF statement is true, and the DISPLAY 'ENTERED VAUE: ' 1 is executed, the next statement to be executed will be the statement after the period (or corresponding END-IF if one was specified -- which there wasn't in the posted example).