Condition Names

Condition Names Example

Conditional Statements Tutorial   

Scenario - Condition names declaration (all formats) using 88 level number.

Code -

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       IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
       PROGRAM-ID. LEVEL88S.
       AUTHOR. MTH.

       DATA DIVISION.  
       WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.

       01 WS-ALPHABET       PIC X(01).
	  * Condition names with single values
          88 ALPHABET-A     VALUE "A". 
          88 ALPHABET-S     VALUE "S".
      * Condition names with multiple values
          88 VALID-ALPHABET VALUE "A" THROUGH "Z". 
          88 VOWELS         VALUE "A" "E" "I" "O" "U".
      * Condition names with range of values		  
          88 CONSONANTS     VALUE "B" THRU "D" 
                                  "F" THRU "H"
                                  "J" THRU "N"
                                  "P" THRU "T"
                                  "V" THRU "Z". 

       PROCEDURE DIVISION. 

           SET ALPHABET-A    TO TRUE.
           IF  VOWELS
               DISPLAY "ALPHABET IS VOWEL: " WS-ALPHABET
           END-IF.

           SET ALPHABET-S    TO TRUE. 
           IF  CONSONANTS
               DISPLAY  "ALPHABET IS CONSONENT: " WS-ALPHABET
           END-IF. 

           STOP RUN.

Output -

ALPHABET IS VOWEL: A
ALPHABET IS CONSONENT: S

Explaining Example -

In the above example:

  • WS-ALPHABET is declared as a single-byte alphanumeric variable. It has five condition names.
  • ALPHABET-A and ALPHABET-S are single-value condition names. VOWELS is a multiple-value condition name. VALID-ALPHABET CONSONANTS is a condition name with a set of values.