Micro Focus Cobol - writing cr & lf

[Tirza Kiesler]

Can anyone advise how to write cr & lf characters in a file?
It should be equivalent to this code in MPE COOBOLII:
01 CRLF.
05 DTL-CCTL PIC X VALUE %15.
05 DTL-LF PIC X VALUE %12.
MOVE CRLF TO MY-REC (401:2).

Thanks in advance, Tirza

[harry d brown jr · Accepted solution]

01 CRLF.
05 DTL-CCTL PIC X VALUE X'0D'.
05 DTL-LF PIC X VALUE X'0A'.

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harry d brown jr

[Tirza Kiesler]

Hello Harry,

Many thanks for your quick reply.

I tried your suggestion, but the user still complains that these signs do not end the line. Do you have other recommendation? What about the organization clause (I tried line sequential)?

Thanks,

Tirza

[harry d brown jr]

What are the users doing to verify that CR & LF aren't showing up?

And what kind of file are they writing to?

What kind of WRITE statement are they using?

Help me, I'm having COBOL flash-backs (I wonder if this is like an acid trip?) :-)


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harry d brown jr

[Tirza Kiesler]

Hi Harry,

I tried you advise again, this time without any organization clause.

Now the file is OK, and I am very happy. Now I'll try to give points.

Thanks a lot,

Tirza