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Format 4: SET for condition-names
When this form of the SET statement is executed, the value associated with a
condition-name is placed in its conditional variable according to the rules of the
VALUE clause.

Format 4: SET statement for condition-names


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SET  condition-name-1 TO TRUE 
condition-name-1
Must be associated with a conditional variable.

If more than one literal is specified in the VALUE clause of condition-name-1, its
associated conditional variable is set equal to the first literal.
If multiple condition-names are specified, the results are the same as if a separate
SET statement had been written for each condition-name in the same order in
which they are specified in the SET statement.

arya_starc wrote:yes i got a error message on using false syntax. below in the message
IGYPS2106-S "FALSE" WAS FOUND IN THE "SET" STATEMENT. IT WAS NOT ALLOWED IN THIS CONTEXT. THE STATEMENT WAS DISCARDED.

When this form of the SET statement is executed, the value associated with a
condition-name is placed in its conditional variable according to the rules of the
VALUE clause.

BillyBoyo wrote:Enterprise COBOL does not, yet, support FALSE. There are other COBOL compilers which do.

It would be a useful addition. You can consider raising an RFE (Request For Enhancement) at https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/

IBM are keen to know what features from the COBOL 2002/2014 Standard people would find useful, so that they can schedule enhancements for future releases of Enterprise COBOL. This is an RFE which I thing would be very popular.

At the moment the general technique is to define two 88-levels, the "off" one setting to a value which does not exist in the "on".

Thanks billy for the link i tries to raise RFE but in registration they asking for the IBMer id and i am non-ibmer, i am not able to raise the RFE.