Answer / anjiii

yes we can read input file with variable length.

while declaring a file in a file section, have two file
records declared at zero level... ex.

FD
01 Var-data-1 pic x().
05
05
.
.

01 Var-data-2 pic x().

Answer / sandy

can some one elaborat more on this....

Answer / kotagiriramachandra

we can read an input rec of variable length.For that u need
to declare
01 main-rec
05 rec-data pic x(m) <== m should be max length of rec
specified in file declaration(avg length, max length).
05 rec-len pic s9(4) comp
precedure div...
.
.
.
read infile at end...
else move in-rec into main-rec.
I think in this way we can do.If i'm wrong plz let me know..

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