Scenario - Reading all the records sequentially from a variable length indexed file.

Input file -

Browse           MATEPK.EMPL.VKSDS                                 Top of 5    
Command ===>                                                       Scroll CSR  
                            Type KSDS     RBA                      Format CHAR 
Key                                          Col 1
<===>----10---+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----
****  Top of data  ****
E0001EMPLOYEE1      MANAGER   0000200000         EMPLOYEE RECORD 1
E0002EMPLOYEE2      TL        0000150000         EMP REC 2
E0003EMPLOYEE3      SE        0000050000         EMP 3
E0004EMPLOYEE4      SSE       0000040000
E0005EMPLOYEE5      SE        0000040000         EMP 5
****  End of data  ****

Code -

----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+
       IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
       PROGRAM-ID. INDVFLSQ.
       AUTHOR. MTH.

       ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.
       INPUT-OUTPUT SECTION.
       FILE-CONTROL.
      * EMPFILE Definition
           SELECT EMPFILE ASSIGN TO INPUT01
           ORGANIZATION IS INDEXED
           ACCESS MODE  IS SEQUENTIAL
           RECORD KEY   IS EMP-ID
           FILE STATUS  IS WS-FS1.

       DATA DIVISION.
       FILE SECTION.
      * EMPFILE structure definition
       FD EMPFILE
           RECORD VARYING FROM 40 TO 80 CHARACTERS
                  DEPENDING ON EMPREC-LEN.
      * EMPFILE record structure definition
       01 EMP-RECORD80.
          05 EMP-ID        PIC X(05).
          05 EMP-NAME      PIC X(15).
          05 EMP-DESG      PIC X(10).
          05 EMP-SALARY    PIC 9(10).
          05 FILLER        PIC X(40).

       WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
       01 WS-VAR.
          05 EMPREC-LEN    PIC 9(02).
          05 WS-FS1        PIC 9(02).
          05 WS-EOF-SW     PIC X(01).
             88 WS-EOF         VALUE 'Y'.
             88 WS-NOT-EOF     VALUE 'N'.

       PROCEDURE DIVISION.
      * Opening EMPFILE for reading
           OPEN INPUT EMPFILE.

      * Loop for reading all records from EMPFILE
           SET  WS-NOT-EOF      TO  TRUE.
           PERFORM UNTIL WS-EOF
                READ EMPFILE
                         AT END SET WS-EOF TO TRUE
                     NOT AT END DISPLAY EMP-RECORD80(1:EMPREC-LEN)
                END-READ
           END-PERFORM.

      * Closing EMPFILE
           CLOSE EMPFILE.
           STOP RUN.

Run JCL -

//MATEPKVR JOB MSGLEVEL=(1,1),NOTIFY=&SYSUID 
//*
//STEP01  EXEC PGM=INDVFLSQ
//STEPLIB  DD  DSN=MATEPK.COBOL.LOADLIB,DISP=SHR
//INPUT01  DD  DSN=MATEPK.EMPL.VKSDS,DISP=SHR
//SYSOUT   DD  SYSOUT=*

Output -

E0001EMPLOYEE1      MANAGER   0000200000         EMPLOYEE RECORD 1
E0002EMPLOYEE2      TL        0000150000         EMP REC 2
E0003EMPLOYEE3      SE        0000050000         EMP 3
E0004EMPLOYEE4      SSE       0000040000
E0005EMPLOYEE5      SE        0000040000         EMP 5

Explaining Example -

In the above example:

• Variable-length indexed file (KSDS) is used as an input file and trying to read all the records sequentially.
• ORGANIZATION should be indexed and ACCESS MODE should be sequential.
• File should declare with RECORD VARYING...DEPENDING clause to read the file record along with length.
• File reading starts from the first record and continue till the end of the file.

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