IBM Mainframe Forum

I am comparing for a string, see for example

if value = APPLE
compute ..
if value = GRAPES
compute ..

but the value on my file is lowercase.

What should i do inorder to match values, aside from inspect converting and without changing my input file?
Are there any methods in cobol?

thanks

Cobol conditions are "case sensitive". Or, to be more exact, if you are doing any particular test, it is looking for one, and only one, particular bit-pattern for the bytes being tested (per condition value).

If you MOVE your input field to a WORKING-STORAGE field and use the intrinsic function to make it upper-case then your test will work with an upper-case condition value will work for both upper- and lower-case values on your input file.

I know you'll be looking in the manual for intrinsic functions, so I'll let you find the name of it yourself.

Again a question that could be answered in class - do you think you are the only one wondering? If it was not mentioned , or was unclear, then ASK.