Method to find the length of copybook

ManjulaRajamurugan · New User Joined: 28 Apr 2008 Posts: 4 Location: Hyderabad

Hi,
Is there any method to find the length of copybooks? other than counting the length of individual fields included in that copybook?

ofer71 · Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 3:44 pm Post subject:

Do you have FileAid?

O.

mytags · Active User Joined: 28 Apr 2008 Posts: 60 Location: US

By using listcatentries in the Copy book list we can find the length of the copy book.

ManjulaRajamurugan · New User Joined: 28 Apr 2008 Posts: 4 Location: Hyderabad

may i know where to give it? that listcatentries?

ManjulaRajamurugan · New User Joined: 28 Apr 2008 Posts: 4 Location: Hyderabad

also can we find it using option 3 and then 13?

mytags · Active User Joined: 28 Apr 2008 Posts: 60 Location: US

After entering your Pds name in option 3.4 we will get a list of copy books included in this pds,within the command line we can type 'listcat entries(/) all' then we can see the full details including its length.
With Regards,
Hari

ManjulaRajamurugan · New User Joined: 28 Apr 2008 Posts: 4 Location: Hyderabad

ok thanks

mytags · Active User Joined: 28 Apr 2008 Posts: 60 Location: US

'Welcome'
Manjula

With regards
Hari

dbzTHEdinosauer · Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 4:14 pm Post subject:

not really sure how listcat can provide you a list of lengths that are derived by adding element lengths.

are you not just receiving a list of number of records (lines) in each copybook?

normally, looking at a compile listing will provide you the length.

I have a special program that has nothing except copy statements in linkage section. that means the compiler will start at relative zero for each level 01 encounterd, thus displacements (relative locations) are oriented to the begining of the copybook.

acevedo · Active User Joined: 11 May 2005 Posts: 256 Location: Spain

what about ?

mmwife · Super Moderator Joined: 30 May 2003 Posts: 1470

acevedo,

Not sure about this but I think "LENGTH OF" needs a variable name.

Maybe:
DISPLAY LENGTH OF 01 level in yourcopybook ?

PS to Manjula:
Some copybooks may have multiple 01 levels.

acevedo · Active User Joined: 11 May 2005 Posts: 256 Location: Spain

our standards says: if any, only one 01 level por copybook.

mmwife · Super Moderator Joined: 30 May 2003 Posts: 1470

The PS was for Manjula.

acevedo · Active User Joined: 11 May 2005 Posts: 256 Location: Spain

My reply was not the result of thinking that PS was for me, it was just a comment.

Bill O'Boyle

The following is primarily for OS/VS COBOL but can certainly be used in COBOL2 and greater.

You could call the following sub-program 'GETLGTH', passing four binary-fword parameters.