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Hi All,

I use the following display statements

DISPLAY WS-ONE
WS-TWO
WS-THREE
WS-FOUR
WS-FIVE

This wil display as below

WS-ONE(field value) WS-TWo(field value) WS-THREE(field value) ...

WS-XXX are working storage variables.




Now I need to modify the above display by putting an IF condition for WS-THREE.

Note

I tried below

DISPLAY WS-ONE
DISPLAY WS-TWO
IF WS-logic = c
DISPLAY WS-THREE
ELSE
DISPLAY WS-DUMMY
END-IF
DISPLAY WS-FOUR
DISPLAY WS-FIVE


but the display goes to next line. How to make it display in the same line.

Hi

Thanks for the reply. As per your answer display will be in two different line. I want it in same line.

Sorry CICSguy I didnt read your reply properly. I have bulk of items to display and I dont want to repeat the display... Is there any conditional diaplays in COBOL...

Hello,

Is there any conditional diaplays in COBOL...

Only what CG posted.

You might consider building the display area field by field (using STRING and/or refeence modification) and only issue one DISPLAY of the area once it has been built. Each time DISPLAY is issued, a new line is created.

ram23bal wrote:I have bulk of items to display and I dont want to repeat the display... Is there any conditional diaplays in COBOL...

Nope, but you could 'build' a single line of the displays (conditionally) and then display the correct line......