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Dear experts
I am having a file which have 10 records. I want to add sequence numbers in input records by using input procedure.
How can i achieve this. Please help.

Are you using the COBOL SORT verb? If not, what does "input procedure" mean to you?

If you are using SORT with an INPUT PROCEDURE, why not just add another variable under the SD 01 level that has a sequence number of the appropriate size [that is, PIC 9(?)], define a WORKING-STORAGE counter to increment, and move the counter to the SD variable in the INPUT PROCEDURE?

thanks
bt my requirement is that i want to reverse a file records. And want to add sequence number so that i can sort it in descending order using sequence number.

I will use wht u said make a working storage variable and increment the counter until as end of file is not come....



Deepak kumar

Hello,

So, you can create the sequence number in the INPUT procedure and specify to sort descending on the SORT statement.

@disk scherrer
Yes exactly...