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U4083 (X'FF3')

Explanation

The back chain was found in error. The reason code describes the most likely cause of the abend.

What that means essentially is that something inside LE has been tr ...

What compiler are you using? It's name and version is on the top of each page of the compiler listing.

That code won't compile with any IBM COBOL I've used (one or two, Severe messages, depending o ...

As long as you have that one trailing space, or use the figurative constant SPACE, you don't need the delimiter (you chose %) but can use DELIMITED BY SIZE.

The 2014 COBOL Standard has a "concatenation operator" (&) which would give you what you want, but it does require explicit trailing spaces to make the correct lengths when a piece of te ...

If I've understood you correctly, you are saying:

"If position five is '[', remove it any any trailing ']'"

Is that correct?

You are not clear in your question.

Has this happened on multiple occasions? Or is this the first time? Did it not occur before the SVC was installed? Is your upgrade complete?

Have you looked ...

It's probably quicker for you to do your own search, isn't it?

A further OUTFIL. You know the ID of the first and last group in each OUTFIL, except for the SAVE. so an INCLUDE= for the known numbers. BUILD to just have the information you want. Then with reportin ...

Have I never mentioned SORT Symbols? Smile

Not only do they give you the commentary, but you get to use them - define in one place, use as in as many places as you need, with no only one place to typ ...

You already have the INCLUDE doing what you want for selection? Have a look at OPTION STOPAFT (have a look at things like STARTREC and ENDREC at the same time, just so you know what type of stuff is i ...

The documentation should be available from the vendor. Ask at your site how to get a copy.

That's the way it works. The DASD data set cataloguing has nothing to do with a physical data set, CART/TAPE does.

How does the data get into B, including the definition of the source field?

I think you are expecting it to be left-justified, but it is not.

When you UNSTRING, you are picking up a zero-length ...

After the WRITE, the "pointer" for the record-area "beneath" the FD is updated to the next available position. Effectively, whether you did an explicit MOVE or a WRITE ... FROM ... ...

No. If a file is not OPENed it is not going to directly affect performance of the program.

The program will be considerably larger than need be, and there may be effects from that.

There is &qu ...