Read statements - relative files, COBOL Programming

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READ STATEMENTS:

The common format for the read statements is as shown bellow.

Format 1:

READ file-name RECORD [ INTO   identifier ]

[  ;  AT   END     imperative-statements  ] 

Format 2:

READ   file-name RECORD   [  INTO   identifier ]

[ ;  INVALID   KEY   imperative-statement  ]        

Format 3:

READ   file-name   [ NEXT  ]   RECORD  [  INTO   identifier  ]

[   ;   AT   END   imperative-statements   ]

As usual, the READ statement reads a record of a file. The file should be open in either the input or I-O mode. 

 


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