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hi,
What will be written to the Output file when the last write statement is executed.?


FD Out-rec.
01 Output-record.
05 field1 pic X(4).
05 field2 pic X(7).
Procedure Division.
……
Move “Bill” to field1.
Move “Company” to field2.
Write Output-record.
Move “Jim” to field1.
Write Output-record.

It depends on the buffering of the file, either the "Company" will still be there or not......What does the SELECT look like?

Hello,

What will be written to the Output file when the last write statement is executed

To quote an old IBM caution "The result may be unpredictable".

Another answer is - it depends (as mentioned by CG). If it is not "Company", it may be literally anything - from all x'00' to all x'ff' and any value in between.

If you did this in working-storage, the result would be predictable.

It is very clear that the output data will be written as
BillCompany
Jim

cravi_pdy wrote:It is very clear that the output data will be written as
BillCompany
Jim

No, it is not 'very' clear, data not initialized is 'unpredictable'.....
What do you think is in the field following 'Jim'?

Move “Bill” to field1.
Move “Company” to field2.
Write Output-record.
move space to out-rec.

Move “Jim” to field1.
Write Output-record.

cravi_pdy wrote:move space to out-rec.

Better.......