COBOL Three Dimensional Array with Index Example

Table Processing Tutorial   

Scenario - Accessing three dimensional array with index.

Requirement - Let us declare a table to store two class details with two student details with 6 subjects marks. WS-CLASS is variable with all class information OCCURS 2 times to capture the two classes information. WS-STUDENT is variable with all student information OCCURS 2 times to capture the two students information. WS-MARKS-GRP is variable that OCCURS 6 times to capture 6 subjects marks.

Code -

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      * Three Dimentional Table with Index 
       IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
       PROGRAM-ID. THRDIMIX.
       AUTHOR. MTH.

       DATA DIVISION. 
       WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
       01 WS-SCHOOL.
          02 WS-CLASS  OCCURS 2 TIMES INDEXED BY IDX-ONE.
             03 WS-STUDENT OCCURS 2 TIMES INDEXED BY IDX-TWO.
                05 WS-ROLL-NO      PIC X(03).
                05 WS-NAME         PIC X(10).
                05 WS-MARKS-GRP.
                   10 WS-MARKS     PIC 9(03) OCCURS 6 TIMES 
                                             INDEXED BY IDX-THREE.

       PROCEDURE DIVISION.

           MOVE "011"              TO WS-ROLL-NO(1,1)    
           MOVE "PAWAN Y"          TO WS-NAME(1,1)
           MOVE 079077082076089092 TO WS-MARKS-GRP(1,1)  
           MOVE "012"              TO WS-ROLL-NO(1,2)    
           MOVE "KUMAR Y"          TO WS-NAME(1,2)
           MOVE 083079078089093086 TO WS-MARKS-GRP(1,2)  

           MOVE "021"              TO WS-ROLL-NO(2,1)    
           MOVE "SRINIVAS"         TO WS-NAME(2,1)
           MOVE 079077082076089092 TO WS-MARKS-GRP(2,1)  
           MOVE "022"              TO WS-ROLL-NO(2,2)
           MOVE "SRIDHAR"          TO WS-NAME(2,2)
           MOVE 083079078089093086 TO WS-MARKS-GRP(2,2)

           DISPLAY "Class1 Info: " WS-CLASS(1).
           DISPLAY " "
           DISPLAY "Class2 Info: " WS-CLASS(2). 
           DISPLAY " " 
 
      *    Initializing first dimension Index
           SET IDX-ONE        TO 1.
           DISPLAY "Students Information   => "

      *    Loop for displaying 2 classes information
           PERFORM UNTIL IDX-ONE > 2
      *      Initializing second dimension index
             SET IDX-TWO        TO 1
      *      Loop for displaying 2 classes information
             PERFORM UNTIL IDX-TWO > 2
               DISPLAY "Roll No:  " WS-ROLL-NO (IDX-ONE,IDX-TWO)
               DISPLAY "Name:     " WS-NAME (IDX-ONE,IDX-TWO)
 
      *        Initializing 3rd dimension Index
               SET IDX-THREE  TO 1

      *        Loop for displaying 6 subjects information 
               DISPLAY "MARKS:  "
               PERFORM UNTIL IDX-THREE > 6
      *        Accessing subject marks
                   DISPLAY WS-MARKS(IDX-ONE, IDX-TWO, IDX-THREE) 
      *            Increasing the 3rd dimension Index by 1
                   SET IDX-THREE UP BY 1
               END-PERFORM

      *        Increasing the 3rd dimension Index by 1 
               SET IDX-TWO UP BY 1 
             END-PERFORM 
      *      Increasing the first dimension Index by 1 
             SET IDX-ONE UP BY 1 
           END-PERFORM. 

           STOP RUN.

JCL to execute the above COBOL program −

//MATEPKRJ JOB MSGLEVEL=(1,1),NOTIFY=&SYSUID             
//*
//STEP01  EXEC PGM=THRDIMTB
//STEPLIB  DD  DSN=MATEPK.COBOL.LOADLIB,DISP=SHR 
//SYSOUT   DD  SYSOUT=*

When the program compiled and executed, it gives the following result −

Class1 Info: 011PAWAN Y   079077082076089092012KUMAR Y   083079078089093086

Class2 Info: 021SRINIVAS  079077082076089092022SRIDHAR   083079078089093086

Students Information   => 
Roll No:  011
Name:     PAWAN Y
MARKS:
079
077
082
076
089
092
Roll No:  012
Name:     KUMAR Y
MARKS:
083 
079 
078
089
093
086 
Roll No:  021
Name:     SRINIVAS 
MARKS:
079
077
082
076
089
092
Roll No:  022 
Name:     SRIDHAR
MARKS:
083
079
078
089
093
086

Explaining Example -

In the above example:

  • WS-CLASS(1) represents class1 information and WS-CLASS(2) represents class2 information.
  • IDX-ONE is index declared on WS-CLASS 1st dimension array. The index is initialized and incremented using SET statement.
  • WS-STUDENT is the second dimension in the WS-CLASS array. WS-STUDENT(1,1) represents class1 first student information and WS-STUDENT(1,2) represents class1 second student information and so on.
  • WS-ROLL-NO(1,1), WS-NAME(1,1), WS-MARKS-GRP(1,1) represents class1 first student roll number, name and marks. similarly, WS-ROLL-NO(1,2), WS-NAME(1,2), WS-MARKS-GRP(1,2) represents class1 second student roll number, name, marks and so on.
  • IDX-TWO is index declared on WS-STUDENT 2nd dimension array.
  • WS-MARKS is the third dimension in the array WS-CLASS. WS-MARKS(1,1,1) represents class1 first student subject1 marks, WS-MARKS(1,1,2) represents class1 first student subject2 marks and so on.
  • IDX-THREE is index declared on WS-MARKS 3rd dimension array.
  • WS-CLASS(1) represents the class1 informaton. i.e., two students information - WS-STUDENT(1,1), WS-STUDENT(1,2) and so on.