Re: Validating input file

"jeff" <jmoore207@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>On May 13, 12:46 pm, "Rick Smith" <ricksm...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> "jeff" <jmoore...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> [snip]
>> Perform Parse-The-Record (Here I wanna check and make
>> sure it is not > 129)
>>
>> Define disc-rec as pic x(256), then use
>> if disc-rec (130:) <> spaces
>> display "record greater than 129 characters"
>> end-if
>
>I thought about that and was wondering if Cobol is going to recognize
>130 as a line feed if 129 is not spaces

It depends on the file type defined by the ORGANIZATION
clause. Line sequential organization, in Micro Focus, Fujitsu,
et al., will not place the line feed into the record.

What the compiler, you are using, will do depends on that
compiler.