I keep getting an error messages that says my file names are not declared. I thought i declared them with a picture clause in my data divison. Can someone help me?
1) A:CUSTOMER-INPUT-FILE should be inside of these " "
2) you also have other errors in your listing
For Instance:
2.1) period required after STOP RUN
2.2) period required before Z200-READ-BULL-RECORD
On a side note - congrats on using a naming convention for paragraph names. It took me a second to recognize it beginning with a character but was easy after that to find your paragraphs. This is a good habit to follow and not that common among beginning programmers. Good paragraph heading names too.
BTW, if you are doing this in COBOL 95, the word FILLER in the data division is optional. If it's left blank, FILLER is implied. It makes the actual data names atand out a lot better and looks less cluttered. You might also want to learn about in-line performs.
You might want to put a few blank lines betweeen paragraphs, divisions, sections and FDs so they are more distinct for "human" reading.
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