How do I fix duplication of fields in RPT file? - cobol

This program is to read in the SEQ file and take the data thru different validations, if it fails to comply with one of the validations the error message is moved to FIELD-NAME and FIELD-VALUE is the errored field.
After all data is processed all transaction are to be used to create the RPT file.
PROBLEM: When reviewing the RPT file, a weird issue is that ERROR FIELD NAME/ERROR FIELD VALUE keeps repeating the same error after entry is passed. I believe the problem is located in the 300, 310, 320, 330, 340, 350 sections.
Part number validation requirements Col. 01-05 must be a number, col 06 must be a capital, 07-08 must be a number in the range 01-68 or 78-99
Quantity validation requirements Leading spaces are allowed(can be all spaces), if not all spaces must be a number after leading spaces, zero value is allowed, value over 20,000 is an error
Date validation requirements month value must be 01-12, day value must be 01-31
Charge Number validation requirements cannot be blank, must be left justified(no leading spaces), and no more than one dash (hyphen) allowed
Initial validation requirements both must be letters (upper or lower case OK)
Transaction Code validation requirements must be REC, ISS, AJ+, or AJ-
If you run my attached program with the attached SEQ, your RPT will look like mine.
Below is the desired output. (pg 1)
SEQ:
11438A01 5000102667-X44 JBISS
12345A77 120103OK BY MIKELLREC
12789B02 14460606144-X22A AJ+
13168A02 31231722394 mkISS
13168A02 70102221-Q18 JBAJ-
2074B01 25 0532 OK BY JIMK RE
22109A04 20000325669-Y5Z DCISS
3077.B22 1000801144X MWAJ-
32149A01 10625567-X1 dcREC
39886B02 2000203517-AA JBAJ+
40442A2( 33 333-Q67 MKISS
43009B01 1440801899-23 MKISS
47890A02 30000422X-4-8 DCISS
49000B01 1000831901-Y6 MWAJ+
51111A011052X0905901-Y66 JBREC
52301A02 10228733876-X1 ABREC
55986b01 99990430A DCISS
57989A01 21130144X JBAJ+
57989A01 500831722394-XX MKISS
59901B0220300133X966-QQ22 MWREC
60022A01 400823 517-X1-33MWAJ+
66780B01 1000831722-YY BwREC
68999A01 21028123-Q88 MKISS
75312B01 500222966-32 BISS
77771A03 12780606 ABISS
78896B02 1000831123456-X13DCREC
80090B01 881$25983334-X25jbAJ
82432A05 420912722-X9 MWISS
83058C04 65000325Q1234 K*AJ+
85987D02 1061214Charge #32KBAJ-
87167B01 7000930144XX DCAJ+
91986 01 25072 900-23 MWISS
9576XA00 1001122j55 kbREC
96134B05 60214GOOD BSAJ-
98407C03254*00416Confirmed EHISS
Code:
IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
PROGRAM-ID. INVTRAN.
* Tate
***************************************************************
* This program reads a fie of inventory transaction,
* validates the data, prints a report showing all transactions
* (with errors indicated), and writes a data file of
* all transactions without errors.
***************************************************************
ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.
INPUT-OUTPUT SECTION.
FILE-CONTROL.
SELECT INVENTORY-TRANS-FILE-IN
ASSIGN TO 'INVTRAN.SEQ'
ORGANIZATION IS LINE SEQUENTIAL.
* SELECT INVENTORY-TRANS-FILE-OUT
* ASSIGN TO 'INVTRAN.OUT'
* ORGANIZATION IS LINE SEQUENTIAL.
SELECT INVENTORY-TRANS-FILE-OUT-2
ASSIGN TO 'INVTRAN.RPT'
ORGANIZATION IS LINE SEQUENTIAL.
DATA DIVISION.
FILE SECTION.
FD INVENTORY-TRANS-FILE-IN.
01 INVENTORY-TRANS-RECORD-IN.
05 PART-NUMBER-IN.
10 PART-NUMERIC-1-IN PIC X(5).
10 PART-ALPHABETIC-IN PIC X.
10 PART-NUMERIC-2-IN PIC XX.
88 VALID-PART-NUMERIC-2 VALUE '01' THRU '68' '78' THRU '99'.
05 QUANTITY-IN.
10 QUANTITY-9-IN PIC 9(5).
05 DATE-IN.
10 MONTH-IN PIC XX.
88 VALID-MONTH-IN VALUE '01' THRU '12'.
10 DAY-IN PIC XX.
88 VALID-DAY-IN VALUE '01' THRU '31'.
05 CHARGE-NUMBER-IN PIC X(10).
05 INITIALS-IN.
10 INITIALS-1-IN PIC X.
10 INITIALS-2-IN PIC X.
05 TRANS-CODE-IN PIC X(3).
88 VALID-TRANS-CODE-IN VALUE 'REC' 'ISS' 'AJ+' 'AJ-'.
FD INVENTORY-TRANS-FILE-OUT-2.
01 INVENTORY-TRANS-RECORD-OUT-2 PIC X(80).
WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
01 WS-FIRST-TIME-THRU PIC X(3) VALUE 'YES'.
01 LINES-PRINTED PIC 99 VALUE 99.
01 PAGE-NUMBER PIC 99 VALUE ZERO.
01 RECORDS-ERROR-SWITCH PIC X(3).
01 FIELD-ERROR-SWITCH PIC X(3).
01 WS-TOTAL PIC 99 VALUE ZERO.
01 WS-ERROR PIC 99 VALUE ZERO.
01 WS-GOOD PIC 99 VALUE ZERO.
01 WS-QUANTITY PIC 9(4) VALUE ZERO.
01 TOTAL-ERROR-COUNT PIC 9(3) VALUE ZERO.
01 TOTAL-GOOD-COUNT PIC 9(3) VALUE ZERO.
01 TOTAL-GOOD-QUANTITY PIC 9(5) VALUE ZERO.
01 WS-CURRENT-DATE-DATA.
05 WS-CURRENT-DATE.
10 RUN-YEAR PIC XX.
10 RUN-MONTH PIC XX.
10 RUN-DAY PIC XX.
01 HEADING-LINE-1.
05 PIC X(17) VALUE SPACES.
05 PIC X(35) VALUE 'INVENTORY TRANSACTIONS AUDIT TRAIL'.
05 PIC X(8) VALUE SPACES.
05 HL-1-DATE.
10 MONTH-1 PIC XX.
10 PIC X VALUE '/'.
10 DAY-1 PIC XX.
10 PIC X VALUE '/'.
10 YEAR-1 PIC XX.
05 PIC X(3) VALUE SPACES.
05 PIC X(5) VALUE 'PAGE'.
05 HL-1-PAGE-NUMBER PIC Z9.
01 HEADING-LINE-2.
05 PIC X(10) VALUE 'PART NO'.
05 PIC X(5) VALUE 'QUAN'.
05 PIC X(5) VALUE 'DATE'.
05 PIC X(11) VALUE 'CHARGE NO'.
05 PIC X(3) VALUE 'IN'.
05 PIC X(4) VALUE 'TRN'.
05 PIC X(3) VALUE SPACES.
05 PIC X(20) VALUE 'ERROR FIELD NAME'.
05 PIC X(17) VALUE 'ERROR FIELD VALUE'.
01 DETAIL-LINE.
05 PART-NUMBER PIC X(8).
05 PIC X VALUE SPACE.
05 QUANTITY PIC X(5).
05 PIC X VALUE SPACE.
05 DATE-X PIC X(4).
05 PIC X VALUE SPACE.
05 CHARGE-NUMBER PIC X(10).
05 PIC X VALUE SPACE.
05 INITIALS PIC XX.
05 PIC X VALUE SPACE.
05 TRANS-CODE PIC X(3).
05 PIC X(4) VALUE SPACES.
05 FIELD-NAME PIC X(18).
05 PIC XX VALUE SPACES.
05 FIELD-VALUE PIC X(10).
01 TRANSACTIONS.
05 PIC X(41) VALUE 'Total Transactions:'.
05 T-1 PIC 99.
01 ERROR-TRANSACTIONS.
05 PIC X(41) VALUE 'Total Error Transactions:'.
05 T-2 PIC 99.
01 GOOD-TRANSACTIONS.
05 PIC X(41) VALUE 'Total Good Transactions:'.
05 T-3 PIC 99.
01 QUANTITY-TOTAL.
05 PIC X(41) VALUE 'Good Transactions Quantity Total:'.
05 Q-4 PIC 9,999.
PROCEDURE DIVISION.
100-MAIN.
OPEN INPUT INVENTORY-TRANS-FILE-IN
OPEN OUTPUT INVENTORY-TRANS-FILE-OUT-2
ACCEPT WS-CURRENT-DATE FROM DATE
MOVE RUN-MONTH TO MONTH-1
MOVE RUN-DAY TO DAY-1
MOVE RUN-YEAR TO YEAR-1
PERFORM 150-WRITE-HEADINGS
PERFORM UNTIL RECORDS-ERROR-SWITCH = 'YES'
READ INVENTORY-TRANS-FILE-IN
AT END
PERFORM 500-TRANSACTIONS
PERFORM 510-ERROR-TRANSACTIONS
PERFORM 520-GOOD-TRANSACTIONS
PERFORM 530-QUANTITY
MOVE 'YES' TO RECORDS-ERROR-SWITCH
NOT AT END
PERFORM 200-PROCESS-ONE-RECORD
END-READ
END-PERFORM
CLOSE INVENTORY-TRANS-FILE-IN
CLOSE INVENTORY-TRANS-FILE-OUT-2
STOP RUN.
150-WRITE-HEADINGS.
ADD 1 TO PAGE-NUMBER
MOVE PAGE-NUMBER TO HL-1-PAGE-NUMBER
MOVE HEADING-LINE-1 TO INVENTORY-TRANS-RECORD-OUT-2
IF WS-FIRST-TIME-THRU = 'YES'
WRITE INVENTORY-TRANS-RECORD-OUT-2
MOVE 'NO' TO WS-FIRST-TIME-THRU
ELSE
WRITE INVENTORY-TRANS-RECORD-OUT-2 AFTER ADVANCING PAGE
END-IF
MOVE HEADING-LINE-2 TO INVENTORY-TRANS-RECORD-OUT-2
WRITE INVENTORY-TRANS-RECORD-OUT-2
MOVE 1 TO LINES-PRINTED.
200-PROCESS-ONE-RECORD.
IF LINES-PRINTED > 54
PERFORM 150-WRITE-HEADINGS
END-IF
MOVE 'NO' TO RECORDS-ERROR-SWITCH
PERFORM 300-VALIDATE-PART-NUMBER
PERFORM 310-VALIDATE-QUANTITY
PERFORM 320-VALIDATE-DATE
PERFORM 330-VALIDATE-CHARGE-NUMBER
PERFORM 340-VALIDATE-INITIALS
PERFORM 350-VALIDATE-TRANSACTION-CODE
MOVE PART-NUMBER-IN TO PART-NUMBER
MOVE QUANTITY-IN TO QUANTITY
MOVE DATE-IN TO DATE-X
MOVE CHARGE-NUMBER-IN TO CHARGE-NUMBER
MOVE INITIALS-IN TO INITIALS
MOVE TRANS-CODE-IN TO TRANS-CODE
IF RECORDS-ERROR-SWITCH = 'NO'
ADD 1 TO TOTAL-GOOD-COUNT
ADD 1 TO TOTAL-GOOD-QUANTITY
MOVE DETAIL-LINE TO INVENTORY-TRANS-RECORD-OUT-2
WRITE INVENTORY-TRANS-RECORD-OUT-2
ELSE
ADD 1 TO TOTAL-ERROR-COUNT
END-IF.
300-VALIDATE-PART-NUMBER.
IF NOT VALID-PART-NUMERIC-2
MOVE 'Part Number' TO FIELD-NAME
MOVE PART-NUMBER-IN TO FIELD-VALUE
END-IF.
310-VALIDATE-QUANTITY.
IF FUNCTION NUMVAL (QUANTITY-IN) IS GREATER THAN 20000
MOVE 'Quantity' TO FIELD-NAME
MOVE QUANTITY-IN TO FIELD-VALUE
END-IF.
320-VALIDATE-DATE.
IF NOT VALID-MONTH-IN
MOVE 'Date' TO FIELD-NAME
MOVE DATE-IN TO FIELD-VALUE
ELSE
IF NOT VALID-DAY-IN
MOVE 'Date' TO FIELD-NAME
MOVE DATE-IN TO FIELD-VALUE
END-IF
END-IF.
330-VALIDATE-CHARGE-NUMBER.
IF CHARGE-NUMBER-IN IS EQUAL TO ' '
MOVE 'Charge Number' TO FIELD-NAME
MOVE CHARGE-NUMBER-IN TO FIELD-VALUE
END-IF.
340-VALIDATE-INITIALS.
IF ((INITIALS-1-IN IS EQUAL TO ' ') OR (INITIALS-2-IN IS EQUAL TO ' '))
MOVE 'Initials' TO FIELD-NAME
MOVE INITIALS-IN TO FIELD-NAME
END-IF.
350-VALIDATE-TRANSACTION-CODE.
IF NOT VALID-TRANS-CODE-IN
MOVE 'Transaction Code' TO FIELD-NAME
MOVE TRANS-CODE-IN TO FIELD-VALUE
END-IF.
500-TRANSACTIONS.
MOVE WS-TOTAL TO TRANSACTIONS
MOVE T-1 TO INVENTORY-TRANS-RECORD-OUT-2
WRITE INVENTORY-TRANS-RECORD-OUT-2 AFTER ADVANCING 2 LINES.
510-ERROR-TRANSACTIONS.
MOVE WS-ERROR TO ERROR-TRANSACTIONS
MOVE T-2 TO INVENTORY-TRANS-RECORD-OUT-2
WRITE INVENTORY-TRANS-RECORD-OUT-2 AFTER ADVANCING 2 LINES.
520-GOOD-TRANSACTIONS.
MOVE WS-GOOD TO GOOD-TRANSACTIONS
MOVE T-3 TO INVENTORY-TRANS-RECORD-OUT-2
WRITE INVENTORY-TRANS-RECORD-OUT-2 AFTER ADVANCING 2 LINES.
530-QUANTITY.
MOVE WS-QUANTITY TO QUANTITY-TOTAL
MOVE Q-4 TO INVENTORY-TRANS-RECORD-OUT-2
WRITE INVENTORY-TRANS-RECORD-OUT-2 AFTER ADVANCING 2 LINES.
Please ask questions if you need more clarification.
Thank you.

The reason the content of FIELD-NAME and FIELD-VALUE are repeated is that nothing was done to change the content of those fields. At a minimum, it is necessary to move spaces into those fields after writing the report line. In 200-PROCESS-ONE-RECORD, insert a MOVE statement after writing the record, such as that shown below.
MOVE DETAIL-LINE TO INVENTORY-TRANS-RECORD-OUT-2
WRITE INVENTORY-TRANS-RECORD-OUT-2
MOVE SPACES TO FIELD-NAME FIELD-VALUE

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How do I fix duplication?

This program is to read in the SEQ file and take the data thru different validations, if it fails to comply with one of the validations the error message is moved to FIELD-NAME.
After all data is processed all transaction are to be used to create the RPT file.
PROBLEM: When reviewing the RPT file, everything is duplicated except the Heading-Line-1. Another weird issue is that ERROR FIELD NAME/ERROR FIELD VALUE keeps repeating the same error after entry is passed.
If you run the code provided with the SEQ also provide you will see how the data currently prints. Attached below is a link to how the first page of data should look.
Desired Output file
SEQ:
11438A01 5000102667-X44 JBISS
12345A77 120103OK BY MIKELLREC
12789B02 14460606144-X22A AJ+
13168A02 31231722394 mkISS
13168A02 70102221-Q18 JBAJ-
2074B01 25 0532 OK BY JIMK RE
22109A04 20000325669-Y5Z DCISS
3077.B22 1000801144X MWAJ-
32149A01 10625567-X1 dcREC
39886B02 2000203517-AA JBAJ+
40442A2( 33 333-Q67 MKISS
43009B01 1440801899-23 MKISS
47890A02 30000422X-4-8 DCISS
49000B01 1000831901-Y6 MWAJ+
51111A011052X0905901-Y66 JBREC
52301A02 10228733876-X1 ABREC
55986b01 99990430A DCISS
57989A01 21130144X JBAJ+
57989A01 500831722394-XX MKISS
59901B0220300133X966-QQ22 MWREC
60022A01 400823 517-X1-33MWAJ+
66780B01 1000831722-YY BwREC
68999A01 21028123-Q88 MKISS
75312B01 500222966-32 BISS
77771A03 12780606 ABISS
78896B02 1000831123456-X13DCREC
80090B01 881$25983334-X25jbAJ
82432A05 420912722-X9 MWISS
83058C04 65000325Q1234 K*AJ+
85987D02 1061214Charge #32KBAJ-
87167B01 7000930144XX DCAJ+
91986 01 25072 900-23 MWISS
9576XA00 1001122j55 kbREC
96134B05 60214GOOD BSAJ-
98407C03254*00416Confirmed EHISS
Code:
IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
PROGRAM-ID. INVTRAN.
* Tate
***************************************************************
* This program reads a fie of inventory transaction,
* validates the data, prints a report showing all transactions
* (with errors indicated), and writes a data file of
* all transactions without errors.
***************************************************************
ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.
INPUT-OUTPUT SECTION.
FILE-CONTROL.
SELECT INVENTORY-TRANS-FILE-IN
ASSIGN TO 'INVTRAN.SEQ'
ORGANIZATION IS LINE SEQUENTIAL.
* SELECT INVENTORY-TRANS-FILE-OUT
* ASSIGN TO 'INVTRAN.OUT'
* ORGANIZATION IS LINE SEQUENTIAL.
SELECT INVENTORY-TRANS-FILE-OUT-2
ASSIGN TO 'INVTRAN.RPT'
ORGANIZATION IS LINE SEQUENTIAL.
DATA DIVISION.
FILE SECTION.
FD INVENTORY-TRANS-FILE-IN.
01 INVENTORY-TRANS-RECORD-IN.
05 PART-NUMBER-IN.
10 PART-NUMERIC-1-IN PIC X(5).
10 PART-ALPHABETIC-IN PIC X.
10 PART-NUMERIC-2-IN PIC XX.
88 VALID-PART-NUMERIC-2 VALUE '01' THRU '68' '78' THRU '99'.
05 QUANTITY-IN.
10 QUANTITY-9-IN PIC 9(5).
05 DATE-IN.
10 MONTH-IN PIC XX.
88 VALID-MONTH-IN VALUE '01' THRU '12'.
10 DAY-IN PIC XX.
88 VALID-DAY-IN VALUE '01' THRU '31'.
05 CHARGE-NUMBER-IN PIC X(10).
05 INITIALS-IN.
10 INITIALS-1-IN PIC X.
10 INITIALS-2-IN PIC X.
05 TRANS-CODE-IN PIC X(3).
88 VALID-TRANS-CODE-IN VALUE 'REC' 'ISS' 'AJ+' 'AJ-'.
FD INVENTORY-TRANS-FILE-OUT-2.
01 INVENTORY-TRANS-RECORD-OUT-2 PIC X(80).
WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
01 WS-FIRST-TIME-THRU PIC X(3) VALUE 'YES'.
01 LINES-PRINTED PIC 99 VALUE 99.
01 PAGE-NUMBER PIC 99 VALUE ZERO.
01 RECORDS-ERROR-SWITCH PIC X(3).
01 FIELD-ERROR-SWITCH PIC X(3).
01 WS-TOTAL PIC 99 VALUE ZERO.
01 WS-ERROR PIC 99 VALUE ZERO.
01 WS-GOOD PIC 99 VALUE ZERO.
01 WS-QUANTITY PIC 9V999 VALUE ZERO.
01 TOTAL-ERROR-COUNT PIC 9(3) VALUE ZERO.
01 TOTAL-GOOD-COUNT PIC 9(3) VALUE ZERO.
01 TOTAL-GOOD-QUANTITY PIC 9(5) VALUE ZERO.
01 WS-CURRENT-DATE-DATA.
05 WS-CURRENT-DATE.
10 RUN-YEAR PIC XX.
10 RUN-MONTH PIC XX.
10 RUN-DAY PIC XX.
01 HEADING-LINE-1.
05 PIC X(17) VALUE SPACES.
05 PIC X(35) VALUE 'INVENTORY TRANSACTIONS AUDIT TRAIL'.
05 PIC X(8) VALUE SPACES.
05 HL-1-DATE.
10 MONTH-1 PIC XX.
10 PIC X VALUE '/'.
10 DAY-1 PIC XX.
10 PIC X VALUE '/'.
10 YEAR-1 PIC XX.
05 PIC X(3) VALUE SPACES.
05 PIC X(5) VALUE 'PAGE'.
05 HL-1-PAGE-NUMBER PIC Z9.
01 HEADING-LINE-2.
05 PIC X(10) VALUE 'PART NO'.
05 PIC X(5) VALUE 'QUAN'.
05 PIC X(5) VALUE 'DATE'.
05 PIC X(11) VALUE 'CHARGE NO'.
05 PIC X(3) VALUE 'IN'.
05 PIC X(4) VALUE 'TRN'.
05 PIC X(3) VALUE SPACES.
05 PIC X(20) VALUE 'ERROR FIELD NAME'.
05 PIC X(17) VALUE 'ERROR FIELD VALUE'.
01 DETAIL-LINE.
05 PART-NUMBER PIC X(8).
05 PIC X VALUE SPACE.
05 QUANTITY PIC X(5).
05 PIC X VALUE SPACE.
05 DATE-X PIC X(4).
05 PIC X VALUE SPACE.
05 CHARGE-NUMBER PIC X(10).
05 PIC X VALUE SPACE.
05 INITIALS PIC XX.
05 PIC X VALUE SPACE.
05 TRANS-CODE PIC X(3).
05 PIC X(4) VALUE SPACES.
05 FIELD-NAME PIC X(18).
05 PIC XX VALUE SPACES.
05 FIELD-VALUE PIC X(10).
01 TRANSACTIONS.
05 PIC X(41) VALUE 'Total Transactions:'.
05 T-1 PIC 99.
01 ERROR-TRANSACTIONS.
05 PIC X(41) VALUE 'Total Error Transactions:'.
05 T-2 PIC 99.
01 GOOD-TRANSACTIONS.
05 PIC X(41) VALUE 'Total Good Transactions:'.
05 T-3 PIC 99.
01 QUANTITY-TOTAL.
05 PIC X(41) VALUE 'Good Transactions Quantity Total:'.
05 Q-4 PIC 9,999.
PROCEDURE DIVISION.
100-MAIN.
OPEN INPUT INVENTORY-TRANS-FILE-IN
OPEN OUTPUT INVENTORY-TRANS-FILE-OUT-2
ACCEPT WS-CURRENT-DATE FROM DATE
MOVE RUN-MONTH TO MONTH-1
MOVE RUN-DAY TO DAY-1
MOVE RUN-YEAR TO YEAR-1
PERFORM 150-WRITE-HEADINGS
PERFORM UNTIL RECORDS-ERROR-SWITCH = 'YES'
READ INVENTORY-TRANS-FILE-IN
AT END
PERFORM 500-TRANSACTIONS
PERFORM 510-ERROR-TRANSACTIONS
PERFORM 520-GOOD-TRANSACTIONS
PERFORM 530-QUANTITY
MOVE 'YES' TO RECORDS-ERROR-SWITCH
NOT AT END
PERFORM 200-PROCESS-ONE-RECORD
END-READ
END-PERFORM
CLOSE INVENTORY-TRANS-FILE-IN
CLOSE INVENTORY-TRANS-FILE-OUT-2
STOP RUN.
150-WRITE-HEADINGS.
ADD 1 TO PAGE-NUMBER
MOVE PAGE-NUMBER TO HL-1-PAGE-NUMBER
MOVE HEADING-LINE-1 TO INVENTORY-TRANS-RECORD-OUT-2
IF WS-FIRST-TIME-THRU = 'YES'
WRITE INVENTORY-TRANS-RECORD-OUT-2
MOVE 'NO' TO WS-FIRST-TIME-THRU
ELSE
WRITE INVENTORY-TRANS-RECORD-OUT-2 AFTER ADVANCING PAGE
END-IF
MOVE HEADING-LINE-2 TO INVENTORY-TRANS-RECORD-OUT-2
WRITE INVENTORY-TRANS-RECORD-OUT-2
MOVE 1 TO LINES-PRINTED.
200-PROCESS-ONE-RECORD.
IF LINES-PRINTED > 54
PERFORM 150-WRITE-HEADINGS
END-IF
MOVE 'NO' TO RECORDS-ERROR-SWITCH
PERFORM 300-VALIDATE-PART-NUMBER
PERFORM 310-VALIDATE-QUANTITY
PERFORM 320-VALIDATE-DATE
PERFORM 330-VALIDATE-CHARGE-NUMBER
PERFORM 340-VALIDATE-INITIALS
PERFORM 350-VALIDATE-TRANSACTION-CODE
MOVE PART-NUMBER-IN TO PART-NUMBER
MOVE QUANTITY-IN TO QUANTITY
MOVE DATE-IN TO DATE-X
MOVE CHARGE-NUMBER-IN TO CHARGE-NUMBER
MOVE INITIALS-IN TO INITIALS
MOVE TRANS-CODE-IN TO TRANS-CODE
IF RECORDS-ERROR-SWITCH = 'NO'
ADD 1 TO TOTAL-GOOD-COUNT
ADD 1 TO TOTAL-GOOD-QUANTITY
WRITE INVENTORY-TRANS-RECORD-OUT-2
MOVE DETAIL-LINE TO INVENTORY-TRANS-RECORD-OUT-2
WRITE INVENTORY-TRANS-RECORD-OUT-2
ELSE
ADD 1 TO TOTAL-ERROR-COUNT
END-IF.
300-VALIDATE-PART-NUMBER.
IF NOT VALID-PART-NUMERIC-2
MOVE 'Part Number' TO FIELD-NAME
MOVE PART-NUMBER-IN TO FIELD-VALUE
END-IF.
310-VALIDATE-QUANTITY.
IF QUANTITY-9-IN IS GREATER THAN '20,000'
MOVE 'Quantity' TO FIELD-NAME
MOVE QUANTITY-IN TO FIELD-VALUE
END-IF.
320-VALIDATE-DATE.
IF NOT VALID-MONTH-IN
MOVE 'Date' TO FIELD-NAME
MOVE DATE-IN TO FIELD-VALUE
ELSE
IF NOT VALID-DAY-IN
MOVE 'Date' TO FIELD-NAME
MOVE DATE-IN TO FIELD-VALUE
END-IF
END-IF.
330-VALIDATE-CHARGE-NUMBER.
IF CHARGE-NUMBER-IN IS EQUAL TO ''
MOVE 'Charge Number' TO FIELD-NAME
MOVE CHARGE-NUMBER-IN TO FIELD-VALUE
END-IF.
340-VALIDATE-INITIALS.
IF ((INITIALS-1-IN IS EQUAL TO '') OR (INITIALS-2-IN IS EQUAL TO ''))
MOVE 'Initials' TO FIELD-NAME
MOVE INITIALS-IN TO FIELD-NAME
END-IF.
350-VALIDATE-TRANSACTION-CODE.
IF NOT VALID-TRANS-CODE-IN
MOVE 'Transaction Code' TO FIELD-NAME
MOVE TRANS-CODE-IN TO FIELD-VALUE
END-IF.
500-TRANSACTIONS.
MOVE WS-TOTAL TO TRANSACTIONS
MOVE T-1 TO INVENTORY-TRANS-RECORD-OUT-2
WRITE INVENTORY-TRANS-RECORD-OUT-2 AFTER ADVANCING 2 LINES.
510-ERROR-TRANSACTIONS.
MOVE WS-ERROR TO ERROR-TRANSACTIONS
MOVE T-2 TO INVENTORY-TRANS-RECORD-OUT-2
WRITE INVENTORY-TRANS-RECORD-OUT-2 AFTER ADVANCING 2 LINES.
520-GOOD-TRANSACTIONS.
MOVE WS-GOOD TO GOOD-TRANSACTIONS
MOVE T-3 TO INVENTORY-TRANS-RECORD-OUT-2
WRITE INVENTORY-TRANS-RECORD-OUT-2 AFTER ADVANCING 2 LINES.
530-QUANTITY.
MOVE WS-QUANTITY TO QUANTITY-TOTAL
MOVE Q-4 TO INVENTORY-TRANS-RECORD-OUT-2
WRITE INVENTORY-TRANS-RECORD-OUT-2 AFTER ADVANCING 2 LINES.
If you have any questions please let me know.
The duplicate output occurs in the following code.
IF RECORDS-ERROR-SWITCH = 'NO'
ADD 1 TO TOTAL-GOOD-COUNT
ADD 1 TO TOTAL-GOOD-QUANTITY
WRITE INVENTORY-TRANS-RECORD-OUT-2
MOVE DETAIL-LINE TO INVENTORY-TRANS-RECORD-OUT-2
WRITE INVENTORY-TRANS-RECORD-OUT-2
The first WRITE statement prints a duplicate of the previous line. The second WRITE statement prints a new line, which is printed again on the next loop. Remove the first WRITE statement.
Other problems I noted are:
Invalid literals
330-VALIDATE-CHARGE-NUMBER.
IF CHARGE-NUMBER-IN IS EQUAL TO ''
340-VALIDATE-INITIALS.
IF ((INITIALS-1-IN IS EQUAL TO '') OR (INITIALS-2-IN IS EQUAL TO ''))
A zero-length literal is not permitted; thus, in each case, '' should be ' '.
Invalid numeric compare
310-VALIDATE-QUANTITY.
IF QUANTITY-9-IN IS GREATER THAN '20,000'
QUANTITY-9-IN is defined as PIC 9(5); however the data contains leading spaces and '20,000' is not valid for numeric comparisons. A proper numeric comparison could be:
IF FUNCTION NUMVAL (QUANTITY-IN) IS GREATER THAN 20000
These following were not investigated further than noted.
Print spacing does not match the desired output
There are no ADVANCING phrases for the lines written, thus only single-spacing is used.
Totals do not print correctly
WS-QUANTITY is defined as PIC 9V999. It should be 9999 or 9(4).
The data items for the totals are not being incremented.
The MOVE statements in the 500-, 510-, 520-, and 530- paragraphs overwrite fixed text.

'WRITE not allowed' error received when file is open

When running the code below, which outputs a report of all those who get bonuses based on input files, I get the error, 'WRITE not allowed, file not open for output (status = 48)' on ln 159.
I have tried opening the file in the 500-HEADING module but receive an error saying 'file already open (status = 41)' and receive the original error with moving the OPEN statement around to the 100-MAIN module. Using I-O, INPUT-OUTPUT, and EXTEND return a syntax error.
IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
PROGRAM-ID. ASSIGNMENT9_1_SORT.
ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.
INPUT-OUTPUT SECTION.
FILE-CONTROL.
SELECT PAYROLL-MASTER ASSIGN TO 'CH0901-UNSORTED.DAT'
ORGANIZATION IS LINE SEQUENTIAL.
SELECT WORK-FILE ASSIGN TO 'TEMP.DAT'
ORGANIZATION IS LINE SEQUENTIAL.
SELECT BONUS-REPORT ASSIGN TO 'BONUS REPORT SORTED.LST'
ORGANIZATION IS LINE SEQUENTIAL.
DATA DIVISION.
FILE SECTION.
FD PAYROLL-MASTER.
01 PAYROLL-REC.
05 EMP-NO-IN PIC X(5).
05 NAME-IN PIC X(20).
05 TERRITORY-NO-IN PIC XX.
05 OFFICE-NO-IN PIC XX.
05 ANNUAL-SALARY-IN PIC 9(6).
05 PIC X(29).
05 DATE-HIRED-IN.
10 MONTH-IN PIC 99.
10 DAY-IN PIC 99.
10 YEAR-IN PIC 9999.
05 PIC X(10).
FD BONUS-REPORT.
01 BONUS-PRINT PIC X(80).
SD WORK-FILE.
01 SORT-REC.
05 EMP-NO PIC X(5).
05 S-NAME PIC X(20).
05 TERR PIC XX.
05 OFFICE PIC XX.
05 ANNUAL-SALARY PIC 9(6).
05 PIC X(29).
05 DATE-HIRED.
10 S-MONTH PIC 99.
10 S-DAY PIC 99.
10 S-YEAR PIC 9999.
05 PIC X(10).
WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
01 BONUS-REC.
05 EMP-NO-OUT PIC X(5).
05 NAME-OUT PIC X(20).
05 TERRITORY-NO-OUT PIC XX.
05 OFFICE-NO-OUT PIC XX.
05 ANNUAL-SALARY-OUT PIC 9(6).
05 PIC X(29).
05 DATE-HIRED-OUT.
10 MONTH-OUT PIC 99.
10 DAY-OUT PIC 99.
10 YEAR-OUT PIC 9999.
05 PIC X(10).
01 WS-DATE.
05 WS-YEAR PIC 9999.
05 WS-MONTH PIC 99.
05 WS-DAY PIC 99.
01 HEADER1.
05 PIC X(40) VALUE SPACES.
05 PIC X(15) VALUE 'BONUS REPORT'.
05 PIC X(5) VALUE SPACES.
05 PIC X(5) VALUE 'PAGE '.
05 PAGE-NO PIC 99 VALUE 1.
05 PIC XXX.
05 TODAYS-DATE.
10 MONTH-FIELD PIC 99.
10 PIC X VALUE '/'.
10 DAY-FIELD PIC XX.
10 PIC X VALUE '/'.
10 YEAR-FIELD PIC 9999.
01 BLANK-LINE PIC X(80).
01 FIRST-RECORD PIC X VALUE 'Y'.
01 HEADER2.
05 PIC X(10) VALUE SPACES.
05 PIC X(13) VALUE 'TERRITORY --'.
05 TERRITORY-NO PIC 99.
01 HEADER3.
05 PIC X(20) VALUE SPACES.
05 PIC X(10) VALUE 'OFFICE --'.
05 OFFICE-NO PIC 99.
01 HEADER4.
05 PIC X(10) VALUE SPACES.
05 PIC X(15) VALUE 'EMPLOYEE NAME'.
05 PIC X(5) VALUE SPACES.
05 PIC X(5) VALUE 'BONUS'.
01 DATA1.
05 PIC X(6) VALUE SPACES.
05 NAME PIC X(20).
05 PIC XXXX.
05 BONUS PIC $ZZ,ZZZ.99 VALUE ZEROES.
01 ARE-THERE-MORE-RECORDS PIC X VALUE 'Y'.
01 LINE-COUNT PIC 99 VALUE 1.
PROCEDURE DIVISION.
100-MAIN.
SORT WORK-FILE
ON ASCENDING KEY TERR
ON ASCENDING KEY OFFICE
USING PAYROLL-MASTER
GIVING BONUS-REPORT
PERFORM 200-INPUT
STOP RUN.
200-INPUT.
OPEN INPUT BONUS-REPORT
MOVE FUNCTION CURRENT-DATE TO WS-DATE
MOVE WS-YEAR TO YEAR-FIELD
MOVE WS-MONTH TO MONTH-FIELD
MOVE WS-DAY TO DAY-FIELD
PERFORM UNTIL ARE-THERE-MORE-RECORDS = 'N'
READ BONUS-REPORT NEXT RECORD
AT END
MOVE 'N' TO ARE-THERE-MORE-RECORDS
NOT AT END
PERFORM 300-MOVE
PERFORM 400-CALC
END-READ
CLOSE BONUS-REPORT
END-PERFORM.
300-MOVE.
MOVE EMP-NO-IN TO EMP-NO-OUT
MOVE NAME-IN TO NAME-OUT
MOVE TERRITORY-NO-IN TO TERRITORY-NO-OUT
MOVE OFFICE-NO-IN TO OFFICE-NO-OUT
MOVE ANNUAL-SALARY-IN TO ANNUAL-SALARY-OUT
MOVE DATE-HIRED-IN TO DATE-HIRED-OUT.
400-CALC.
MOVE ZEROES TO BONUS
IF YEAR-OUT IS LESS THAN 1994
COMPUTE BONUS = ANNUAL-SALARY-OUT * 0.10
END-IF
EVALUATE TRUE
WHEN FIRST-RECORD = 'Y'
MOVE TERRITORY-NO-OUT TO TERRITORY-NO
MOVE OFFICE-NO-OUT TO OFFICE-NO
PERFORM 500-HEADING
MOVE NAME-OUT TO NAME
WRITE BONUS-PRINT FROM DATA1
ADD 1 TO LINE-COUNT
MOVE 'N' TO FIRST-RECORD
WHEN FIRST-RECORD = 'N'
MOVE TERRITORY-NO-OUT TO TERRITORY-NO
MOVE OFFICE-NO-OUT TO OFFICE-NO
MOVE NAME-OUT TO NAME
IF LINE-COUNT > 10
MOVE 1 TO LINE-COUNT
ADD 1 TO PAGE-NO
PERFORM 500-HEADING
END-IF
WRITE BONUS-PRINT FROM DATA1
ADD 1 TO LINE-COUNT
END-EVALUATE.
500-HEADING.
WRITE BONUS-PRINT FROM BLANK-LINE
WRITE BONUS-PRINT FROM HEADER1
WRITE BONUS-PRINT FROM BLANK-LINE
WRITE BONUS-PRINT FROM HEADER2
WRITE BONUS-PRINT FROM BLANK-LINE
WRITE BONUS-PRINT FROM HEADER3
WRITE BONUS-PRINT FROM BLANK-LINE
WRITE BONUS-PRINT FROM BLANK-LINE
WRITE BONUS-PRINT FROM HEADER4.
`
Change
OPEN INPUT BONUS-REPORT
To
OPEN OUTPUT BONUS-REPORT
Upon further examination addition errors were found.
The SORT statement should have created different file to use as input, rather than the file that you intended to use for output. Or, as #Jim Castro implies in another answer, use the OUTPUT PROCEDURE to access the records. The differences below show the additional file and the OPEN and CLOSE statements for that file.
Also,the CLOSE statement needed to removed from the PERFORM. also noted by #Jim Castro.
Finally, the END-EVALUATE need to be placed before the WRITE statement.
The following is the output of a difference utility that identifies the changes.
OLD being the program you posted, NEW being the program after the changes I applied.
* Text File Comparison
*-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* 000008/000008: mis-matched records
* OLD :-
SELECT WORK-FILE ASSIGN TO 'TEMP.DAT'
ORGANIZATION IS LINE SEQUENTIAL.
* NEW :-
SELECT WORK-FILE ASSIGN TO 'TEMP.DAT'.
SELECT TEMP-BONUS-FILE ASSIGN TO "TEMP-BONUS.DAT"
ORGANIZATION LINE SEQUENTIAL.
*-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* 000027/000028: extra NEW records :-
FD TEMP-BONUS-FILE.
01 TEMP-BONUS-REC.
05 T-EMP-NO PIC X(5).
05 T-NAME PIC X(20).
05 T-TERR PIC XX.
05 T-OFFICE PIC XX.
05 T-ANNUAL-SALARY PIC 9(6).
05 PIC X(29).
05 T-DATE-HIRED.
10 T-MONTH PIC 99.
10 T-DAY PIC 99.
10 T-YEAR PIC 9999.
05 PIC X(10).
*-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* 000102/000116: mis-matched records
* OLD :-
GIVING BONUS-REPORT
* NEW :-
GIVING TEMP-BONUS-FILE
*-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* 000107/000121: mis-matched records
* OLD :-
OPEN INPUT BONUS-REPORT
* NEW :-
OPEN INPUT TEMP-BONUS-FILE
OUTPUT BONUS-REPORT
*-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* 000113/000128: mis-matched records
* OLD :-
READ BONUS-REPORT NEXT RECORD
* NEW :-
READ TEMP-BONUS-FILE NEXT RECORD
*-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* 000120/000135: mis-matched records
* OLD :-
CLOSE BONUS-REPORT
END-PERFORM.
300-MOVE.
MOVE EMP-NO-IN TO EMP-NO-OUT
MOVE NAME-IN TO NAME-OUT
MOVE TERRITORY-NO-IN TO TERRITORY-NO-OUT
MOVE OFFICE-NO-IN TO OFFICE-NO-OUT
MOVE ANNUAL-SALARY-IN TO ANNUAL-SALARY-OUT
MOVE DATE-HIRED-IN TO DATE-HIRED-OUT.
* NEW :-
END-PERFORM
CLOSE BONUS-REPORT TEMP-BONUS-FILE.
300-MOVE.
MOVE T-EMP-NO TO EMP-NO-OUT
MOVE T-NAME TO NAME-OUT
MOVE T-TERR TO TERRITORY-NO-OUT
MOVE T-OFFICE TO OFFICE-NO-OUT
MOVE T-ANNUAL-SALARY TO ANNUAL-SALARY-OUT
MOVE T-DATE-HIRED TO DATE-HIRED-OUT.
*-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* 000154/000169: mis-matched records
* OLD :-
WRITE BONUS-PRINT FROM DATA1
ADD 1 TO LINE-COUNT
END-EVALUATE.
* NEW :-
END-EVALUATE
WRITE BONUS-PRINT FROM DATA1
ADD 1 TO LINE-COUNT.
*-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I should add that the 300-MOVE paragraph could be replaced by using INTO BONUS-REC on either a READ or RETURN statement; as in,
READ TEMP-BONUS-FILE NEXT RECORD INTO BONUS-REC
or
RETURN SORT-REC INTO BONUS-REC
Nice first attempt but you are doing many things wrong. You cannot open BONUS-REPORT as input if its the final formatted output of your program. Some files are I-O but this isn't the case here.
I would suggest using the SORT verb with USING with OUTPUT PROCEDURE IS version of the statement instead. RETURN the SORT-REC then format and WRITE the bonus report. You'll have to change your 300 and 400 paragraphs to move the right fields but it should work out for you in the end.
PROCEDURE DIVISION.
100-MAIN.
SORT WORK-FILE
ON ASCENDING KEY TERR
ON ASCENDING KEY OFFICE
USING PAYROLL-MASTER
OUTPUT PROCEDURE IS PERFORM 200-OUTPUT
GOBACK.
200-OUTPUT.
OPEN OUTPUT BONUS-REPORT
MOVE FUNCTION CURRENT-DATE TO WS-DATE
MOVE WS-YEAR TO YEAR-FIELD
MOVE WS-MONTH TO MONTH-FIELD
MOVE WS-DAY TO DAY-FIELD
PERFORM UNTIL ARE-THERE-MORE-RECORDS = 'N'
RETURN SORT-REC INTO BONUS-REC
AT END
MOVE 'N' TO ARE-THERE-MORE-RECORDS
NOT AT END
PERFORM 400-CALC
END-RETURN
END-PERFORM.
CLOSE BONUS-REPORT.
Please note: move the close of BONUS-REPORT out of the PERFORM loop.

COBOL code wont compile and create an executable

I'm trying to create a report for a given input file where I am supposed to ill examine each record to determine if it fails to meet certain criteria. The issue that I am facing now is that the cob file wont compile eventhough it doesn't explicitly show any errors when compiling it on the command window and the executable doesn't get created. I was wondering if any of you could help me figure out where the error lies in my code.
Identification Division.
Program-ID. lab5.
Environment Division.
Input-Output Section.
File-Control.
Select PayrollFile
Assign to "lab5-in.dat"
Organization is Line Sequential.
Select OutputReport
Assign to "lab5-out.dat"
Organization is Line Sequential.
Data Division.
File Section.
FD PayrollFile.
01 Input-Rec.
05 Rec-RegionNum Pic X(2).
05 Rec-RegionName Pic X(15).
05 Rec-DeptNum Pic X(5).
05 Rec-DeptName Pic X(30).
05 Rec-EmployeeNum Pic X(5).
05 Rec-LastName Pic X(20).
05 Rec-FirstName Pic X(15).
05 Rec-Gender Pic X.
05 Rec-Address Pic X(20).
05 Rec-CityState Pic X(20).
05 Rec-Title Pic X(20).
05 Rec-DOB Pic 9(8).
05 Rec-DOH.
10 RecDOH-YYYY Pic 9(4).
10 RecDOH-MM Pic 9(2).
10 RecDOH-DD Pic 9(2).
05 Rec-Marital Pic X.
05 Rec-Deps Pic 99.
05 Rec-SD Pic X(3).
05 Rec-Ins Pic X(3).
05 Rec-401k Pic V999.
05 Rec-PayCode Pic X.
05 Rec-Pay Pic 9(7)V9(2).
05 Rec-HrsPerWeek Pic 9(2)V9(2).
05 Rec-CommissionRate Pic V999.
05 Rec-ActualSales Pic 9(7)V9(2).
FD OutputReport.
01 Output-Rec Pic X(210).
Working-Storage Section.
01 WS-EmployeeNum Pic X(5).
01 WS-DeptName Pic X(30).
01 WS-Gender Pic X.
88 ValidGender Values "M" "m" "F" "f".
01 WS-Marital Pic X.
88 ValidMarital Values "D" "d" "M" "m" "P" "p" "S" "s" "W"
"w".
01 WS-PayCode Pic X.
88 ValidPayCode Values "C" "c" "H" "h" "S" "s".
01 WS-HrsPerWeek Pic S9(2)V9(2).
01 WS-Pay Pic S9(7)V9(2).
01 WS-DOH.
10 DOH-YYYY Pic 9(4).
10 DOH-MM Pic 9(2).
10 DOH-DD Pic 9(2).
01 WS-SD Pic X(3).
01 WS-Date.
05 WS-YYYY Pic 9(4).
05 WS-MM Pic 9(2).
05 WS-DD Pic 9(2).
01 EndOfFileIndicator Pic X.
88 EOF Value "Y" When Set To False is "N".
01 Total-Line.
05 Pic X(25) Value "Total errors: ".
05 TL-TotalE Pic ZZ9.
01 TotalRE-Line.
05 Pic X(50) Value "Total record with errors: ".
05 TL-TotalRE Pic ZZ9.
01 TotError Pic 9(3).
01 TotRecordError Pic 9(3).
01 CurrentRec Pic X(208).
01 Blank-Line Pic X Value Spaces.
01 Report-Fields.
05 PageNumber Pic 99 Value 0.
05 LinesPerPage Pic 99 Value 35.
05 LineNumber Pic 99 Value 99.
Procedure Division.
000-MAIN.
Perform 100-initialize
Perform until EOF
Read PayrollFile
At End
Set EOF to True
not at end
perform 300-process
End-read
End-perform
Perform 900-finalize
Close PayrollFile OutputReport
Stop Run.
100-initialize.
Perform 110-open-files
Move Zero to TotError
Move Zero to TotRecordError.
110-open-files.
Open Input PayrollFile
Open Output OutputReport.
300-Process.
Move Input-Rec to CurrentRec
Move Rec-EmployeeNum to WS-EmployeeNum
Move Rec-DeptName to WS-DeptName
Move Rec-Gender to WS-Gender
Move Rec-Marital to WS-Marital
Move Rec-PayCode to WS-PayCode
Move Rec-HrsPerWeek to WS-HrsPerWeek
Move Rec-Pay to WS-Pay
Move Rec-DOH to WS-DOH
Perform 400-check.
400-check.
If WS-EmployeeNum is Not Numeric
Add 1 to TotError TotRecordError
End-If
If WS-DeptName Is Not Alphabetic
Add 1 to TotError TotRecordError
End-If
If Not ValidGender
Add 1 to TotError TotRecordError
End-If
If Not ValidMarital
Add 1 to TotError TotRecordError
End-If
If Not ValidPayCode
Add 1 to TotError TotRecordError
End-If
If WS-HrsPerWeek Is Negative And >= 60
Add 2 to TotError
Add 1 to TotRecordError
End-If
If WS-HrsPerWeek Is Negative Or >=60
Add 1 to TotError TotRecordError
End-If
If WS-Pay Is Not Numeric and Is Negative
Add 2 to TotError
Add 1 to TotRecordError
End-If
If WS-Pay Is Negative Or Not Numeric
Add 1 to TotError TotRecordError
End-If
If Function Test-Date-YYYYMMDD(WS-DOH) Is Not Zero Or WS-DOH Is Not Numeric
Add 1 to TotError TotRecordError
End-If.
900-finalize.
perform 950-print-grand-total.
950-print-grand-total.
Write Output-Rec from Blank-Line
After advancing 1 line
Move TotError to TL-TotalE
Write Output-Rec from Total-Line
after advancing 1 line
Move TotRecordError to TL-TotalRE
Write Output-Rec from TotalRE-Line
after advancing 1 line.
As you've used the GnuCOBOL tag I've just used a simple compile.
Result:
main.cobc: in paragraph '400-check':
main.cobc: 139: error: invalid expression
main.cobc: 143: error: invalid expression
main.cobc: 146: error: invalid expression
main.cobc: 150: error: invalid expression
main.cobc: 153: error: FUNCTION 'TEST-DATE-YYYYMMDD' has invalid parameter
main.cobc: 153: error: invalid expression
main.cobc: 153: error: invalid expression
The invalid expression part is "is negative" (additional line 139 doesn't make sense "Negative And >= 60" as this would never be true; line 146 is even more weird: "Is Not Numeric and Is Negative").
The issue that I am facing now is that the cob file wont compile eventhough it doesn't explicitly show any errors when compiling it
I guess the messages from the compilers are redirected somewhere.

Invalid type cast from 'null'

I am still new to COBOL and have been working on a project for school for almost a week now. I am running OpenCobol 1.1.
When I try to compile it I get this error.
typeck.c:5912: Invalid type cast from 'null'
Tag 1 0 Tag 2 10
Aborting compile of lab4.cob at line 214
I've been frustrated because I've tried changing the code around a lot with no luck.
Procedure Division.
000-Main.
Perform 100-initialize
Perform Until EndOfFile = "Y"
Read Lab4-in-File
At End
Move "Y" To EndOfFile
Not At End
Perform 300-process
End-Read
End-Perform
Perform 900-finalize
Stop Run.
100-intialize.
Perform 110-open-files
Perform 120-get-data.
110-open-files.
Open Input Lab4-in-File
Output Ot-File.
120-get-date.
Accept WS-date from date yyyymmdd
Move WS-Year To PH-Year
Move WS-Month To PH-Month
Move WS-Day To PH-Day.
300-process.
Move Dept-no To dl-dep-no
Move Employee-no To dl-emp-no
If First-name Not = "Null"
String First-name Delimited By Size
" " Delimited By Size
Last-name Delimited By Size
Into dl-emp
else
Move Last-name To dl-emp
End-If
Move Job-title To dl-job
Move DOH To dl-doh
Move Mar-status To dl-marital
Move Dependents To dl-dependents
Move MCoverage To dl-insurance
Move DCoverage To dl-insurance
Move VCoverage To dl-insurance
Move 401K To dl-401k
Move Pay-code To dl-pay-code
If Pay-code = "C" Or "S"
Compute Pay-hold rounded =
Pay / 12
Move Pay-hold To dl-monthly-pay
else
Compute Pay-hold rounded =
Pay * HPW * 4
Move Pay-hold To dl-monthly-pay
End-If
If Pay-code = "C"
Compute Com-hold rounded =
Act-sale * C-rate
Move Com-hold To dl-commission
Else
Move 0 To dl-commission
End-If
Perform 800-print
Multiply C-rate By Act-sale Giving
total-sales
Add Pay To total-sales.
800-print.
If LineNum > LinesPerPage
Perform 825-new-page
End-If
Write Lab4-Record2 From Detail-Line
**After advancing 1 line** *> This is line 214
Add 1 To LineNum.
825-new-page.
If PageNum > 0
Write Lab4-Record2 From Blank-line
After advancing 1 line
End-If
Add 1 To PageNum
Move PageNum To PH-PageNo
Write Lab4-Record2 From Page-Header
After advancing page
Write Lab4-Record2 From Blank-line
After advancing 1 line
Write Lab4-Record2 From Column-Header
After advancing 1 line
Write Lab4-Record2 From Blank-line
After advancing 1 line
Move 5 To LineNum.
900-finalize.
Perform 950-print-monthly-total
Perform 999-close-files.
950-print-monthly-total.
If LineNum + 1 > LinesPerPage
Perform 825-new-page
End-If
Write Lab4-Record2 From Blank-line
After advancing 1 line
Move total-sales To Total-pay
Write Lab4-Record2 From Total-Line
After advancing 1 line
Add 2 To LineNum.
999-close-files.
Close Lab4-in-File Ot-File.
I would really appreciate it if someone could help me find what is causing the error. Thanks in advance!
Working-Storage Section.
01 EndOfFile Pic X Value "N".
01 Report-fields.
05 PageNum Pic 9(3) value 0.
05 LinesPerPage Pic 9(2) value 40.
05 LineNum Pic 9(2) value 41.
01 WS-date.
05 WS-Year Pic 9(4).
05 WS-Month Pic 99.
05 WS-Day Pic 99.
01 total-fields.
05 total-sales Pic 9(11)v99 Value 0.
01 Page-Header.
05 PH-Month Pic Z9/.
05 PH-Day Pic 99/.
05 PH-Year Pic 9999.
05 Pic X(7) Value Spaces.
05 Pic X(29) Value "Stomper &" &
" Wombat's Emporium"
05 Pic X(6) Value "Page:".
05 PH-PageNo Pic ZZ9.
01 Column-Header.
05 Pic X(8) Value "Dep #".
05 Pic X(15) Value "Emp #".
05 Pic X(27) Value "Employee".
05 Pic X(18) Value "Title".
05 Pic X(9) Value "DOH".
05 Pic X(9) Value "Marital".
05 Pic X(7) Value "#Deps".
05 Pic X(6) Value "Ins".
05 Pic X(6) Value "401K".
05 Pic X(6) Value "Pay".
05 Pic X(27) Value "Expected " &
"Pay + Commission".
01 Pay-hold Pic 9(9)V9(2) Value 0.
01 Com-hold Pic 9(9)V9(2) Value 0.
01 Detail-Line.
05 dl-dep-no Pic X(5).
05 Pic X(1) Value spaces.
05 dl-emp-no Pic X(5).
05 Pic X(1) Value spaces.
05 dl-emp Pic X(35).
05 Pic X(1) Value spaces.
05 dl-job Pic X(20).
05 Pic X(1) Value spaces.
05 dl-doh Pic X(8).
05 Pic X(1) Value spaces.
05 dl-marital Pic X.
05 Pic X(1) Value spaces.
05 dl-dependents Pic 9(2).
05 Pic X(1) Value spaces.
05 dl-insurance Pic X(3).
05 Pic X(1) Value spaces.
05 dl-401k Pic Z.9ZZ.
05 Pic X(1) Value spaces.
05 dl-pay-code Pic X.
05 Pic X(1) Value spaces.
05 dl-monthly-pay Pic $$$$,$$$,$$9.99.
05 Pic X(1) Value spaces.
05 dl-commission Pic $$$,$$9.99.
01 Total-Line.
05 Pic X(61) Value Spaces.
05 Pic X(24) Value "Total" &
" Expected Payroll: ".
05 Total-pay Pic $$$$,$$$,$$$,$$9.99.
01 Blank-line Pic X Value spaces.
The compiler has a broken parser. It is broken because of a coding error (still a compiler bug). In cases like this you only have the chance to either spot the error or - much better - use a newer version.
I've just put your code in an online compiler using the last release of the compiler: GnuCOBOL 2.2. I highly suggest to upgrade to at least this version.
See your code here - I've just added a minimal header and end.
Then click on "Execute" and you compile it online, leading to the following error messages:
main.cobc: 27: error: duplicate PICTURE clause
main.cobc: 27: error: duplicate VALUE clause
main.cobc: 64: error: a Z or * which is after the decimal point cannot follow 9
If you check the line 27 in this program you see
05 Pic X(29) Value "Stomper &" &
" Wombat's Emporium" *> <<- missing period
05 Pic X(6) Value "Page:".
Fixed code is also available.

Occurs and Subscripts

I seem to have yet another problem dealing with COBOL. My teacher has assigned us with having to take a file of names and make it into two columns going 54 rows down. I thought this was going to be simple as I looked in the book as it was more or less using a new function to do what I had all ready been doing, but once I got home and put down my code it all went to heck. Th program I made, for some reason unknown to me, only writes one name in the first column of row one and the does the same ever 54 rows. I am obviously on the wrong track but in my mind it looks right. Here is what I got:
WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
01 ARE-THERE-MORE-RECORDS PIC X(3) VALUE 'YES'.
01 REPORT-START PIC X VALUE 'Y'.
01 LINE-COUNT PIC 99 VALUE ZEROS.
01 PAGE-NUMBER PIC 99 VALUE ZEROS.
01 NAME-COUNT PIC 9(3) VALUE ZEROS.
01 WORK-AREA-1.
05 N-COLUMN-1 PIC 99 VALUE ZEROS.
01 WORK-AREA-2.
05 N-COLUMN-2 PIC 9(3) VALUE 54.
01 NAME-STORAGE.
05 NAME-STO OCCURS 108 TIMES PIC X(30).
01 WS-DATE.
05 RUN-YEAR PIC XX.
05 RUN-MONTH PIC XX.
05 RUN-DAY PIC XX.
01 HEADING-LINE-1.
05 PIC X(32) VALUE SPACES.
05 PIC X(16)
VALUE 'NAME LIST REPORT'.
05 PIC X(6) VALUE SPACES.
05 HL-1-DATE.
10 MONTH-2 PIC XX.
10 PIC X VALUE '/'.
10 DAY-2 PIC XX.
10 PIC X VALUE '/'.
10 YEAR-2 PIC XX.
05 PIC X(4) VALUE SPACES.
05 PAGE-1 PIC X(4) VALUE 'PAGE'.
05 PIC X(1) VALUE SPACES.
05 NUMBER-PAGE PIC Z9.
01 DETAIL-LINE.
05 BLANK-A-OUT PIC X(4) VALUE SPACES.
05 DL-COLUMN-1 PIC X(30).
05 BLANK-E-OUT PIC X(20) VALUE SPACES.
05 DL-COLUMN-2 PIC X(30).
PROCEDURE DIVISION.
100-MAIN.
OPEN INPUT NAMELIST-FILE-IN
OPEN OUTPUT NAMELIST-FILE-OUT
ACCEPT WS-DATE FROM DATE
MOVE RUN-MONTH TO MONTH-2
MOVE RUN-DAY TO DAY-2
MOVE RUN-YEAR TO YEAR-2
PERFORM 200-NEXT-PAGE
PERFORM UNTIL ARE-THERE-MORE-RECORDS = 'NO '
READ NAMELIST-FILE-IN
AT END
MOVE 'NO ' TO ARE-THERE-MORE-RECORDS
NOT AT END
PERFORM 300-STORE-NAME
END-READ
END-PERFORM
CLOSE NAMELIST-FILE-IN
CLOSE NAMELIST-FILE-OUT
STOP RUN.
200-NEXT-PAGE.
ADD 1 TO PAGE-NUMBER
MOVE PAGE-NUMBER TO NUMBER-PAGE
MOVE HEADING-LINE-1 TO NAMELIST-RECORD-OUT
IF REPORT-START = 'N'
WRITE NAMELIST-RECORD-OUT
AFTER ADVANCING PAGE
ELSE
MOVE 'N' TO REPORT-START
WRITE NAMELIST-RECORD-OUT
AFTER ADVANCING 1 LINE
END-IF.
MOVE ZEROS TO LINE-COUNT.
300-STORE-NAME.
ADD 1 TO NAME-COUNT
MOVE NAME-IN TO NAME-STORAGE
IF NAME-COUNT > 54
PERFORM 400-PROCESS-FILE
END-IF.
400-PROCESS-FILE.
IF LINE-COUNT >= 52
PERFORM 200-NEXT-PAGE
END-IF
ADD 1 TO LINE-COUNT
ADD 1 TO N-COLUMN-1
ADD 1 TO N-COLUMN-2
MOVE NAME-STO (N-COLUMN-1) TO DL-COLUMN-1
MOVE NAME-STO (N-COLUMN-2) TO DL-COLUMN-2
MOVE DETAIL-LINE TO NAMELIST-RECORD-OUT
WRITE NAMELIST-RECORD-OUT
AFTER ADVANCING 1 LINE
IF N-COLUMN-2 = 108
MOVE 0 TO NAME-COUNT
MOVE 0 TO N-COLUMN-1
MOVE 54 TO N-COLUMN-2
END-IF.
This is not all I have to do, but until I figure this out I cannot continue.
I'm not familiar with this dialect of COBOL, but i thnk the problem is with:
MOVE NAME-IN TO NAME-STORAGE
I t should look like this:
MOVE NAME-IN TO NAME-STO OF NAME-STORAGE(NAME-COUNT)
Am i right am i wrong or am i just dreaming?

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