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I have to make a check in cobol program.
I have two vatiables,
Var-1 PIC X(7)
Var-2 PIC X(50)

In Var-2, Var-1 is present from 8th Character.
I have to check if Var-1 is present in Var-2, then i have to take Var-2 in file, other wise drop that.

EX:
Var-1 = 'CHANGE XXXXXXX YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY'
Var-2 = 'XXXXXXX'

If Var-2 is samilar to Var-1(8,7), then i have to process furthur
i had put that in IF condition.

IF (COND)

What is the COND to compare like this.

Thanks in Advance.

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Sorry Scherrer, actually i came to know about this forum after that post....