Sort status Syntax 1

[amitjainbls]

Hello,

I am compiling a program in NETcobol for windows v9 and getting sev error message "An invalid word sort-status was found " for sort file selection.

SELECT SORT-FILE ASSIGN TO SORTFIL
SORT-STATUS IS SORT-STAT.

Compiler has sort-status as the reserved word set. Otherwise in normal file selection we use "file status is dataname".


If i select the file as :

SELECT SORT-FILE ASSIGN TO SORTFIL
SORT STATUS IS SORT-STAT.

I get the error message as "invlid word sort"

Could Any one with Netcobol experience compiler can put down the exact syntax?

 

[k5tm]

What does the documentation for NetCOBOL say?

Tom Morrison

http://www.liant.com

 

[amitjainbls]

Tom,

I am unable to find sort status example program. Though only sort file select statement is given.

Manual also says that sort-status is the keyword which is different from microfoucus/IBMCOBOL2 compilers.So i need the exact syntax for sort status declaration.

thanks

 

[k5tm]

Perhaps you are having difficulty because what you desire does not exist. You may view the NetCOBOL Language Reference Manual here.

SORT-STATUS is a predefined special register. It is not the same as FILE STATUS in the ENVIRONMENT DIVISION. You will reference SORT-STATUS solely in the PROCEDURE DIVISION. See page 94 of the above referenced manual.

Tom Morrison

http://www.liant.com

 

[amitjainbls]

Tom,

Thanks for your help !!