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I've variables WS-PLAN-NO1, WS-PLAN-NO2, WS-PLAN-NO3, WS-PLAN-NO4.......till WS-PLAN-NO150.
In the program I will be having just one loop and the last byte will be automatically incremented.
I'm not sure how to do it in program.

My program will look like this:

Perform till EOF
Move spaces to WS-TEMP
Add 1 to N
MOVE WS-PLAN-NO"N" TO WS-TEMP
...
...

Can anyone help me with this?

Use an array. Find the COBOL Language Reference and Programming Guide manuals and read up on arrays. What you are proposing to do cannot be done in COBOL as you've written it.

Hello,

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And the Programming Guide:
http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/ ... 0/CONTENTS

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