IBM Mainframe Forum

How do you move value to a filler during runtime??

Example:

05 ws-key .
10 ws-size pic x(5).
10 filler pic x(3).


How to move value to the above filler when some condition is matched?

you don't.
You can move the group field ws-key which will move all 8 bytes (including filler), but you can not move filler on it's own.

You give it a name. Use the name.

If you want to make it more complex, use reference modification.

thangaraaj555, read the COBOL Language Reference manual. You use the word FILLER only for items that you do not need to reference in any way in your program. If you need to reference that variable, don't call it FILLER, period.