COBOL Manual for TNS and TNS/R Programs

Procedure Division Verbs

HP COBOL Manual for TNS and TNS/R Programs—522555-006

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WRITE for Line Sequential Files

record-name

is a logical record described in the File Section of the Data Division. The record-

name can be qualified by the name of the file with which the record is associated.

The data written is the current contents of record-name.

from-name

is the identifier of a data area whose contents are to be moved to the record

specified by record-name before the WRITE occurs. from-name must specify

a data area other than that specified by record-name. It also cannot specify an

index data item.

END-WRITE

ends the scope of the WRITE statement, causing the WRITE to be a delimited-

scope statement. If the WRITE statement does not end with an END-WRITE

phrase, the presence of the AT END-OF-PAGE, the NOT AT END-OF-PAGE, the

INVALID KEY, or the NOT INVALID KEY phrase causes the WRITE statement to

be a conditional statement, which ends at the next period separator.

Usage Considerations:

•

See these usage considerations in WRITE for Sequential Files:

Action of the WRITE Statement

File-Status Data Item

Reel-Swap Sequence for Multiple-Reel Tape Files

Buffered Cache

record-name

WRITE

FROM from-name END-WRITE

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