have in 100 records in a file i want to read first 3 records
and skip next 3 records and agan i want to read 3 records and
again i want to skip 3 records...

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have in 100 records in a file i want to read first 3 records and skip next 3 records and agan i w..

Answer / kairoon

In working storage declare
01 ws-count1 pic s9(4) comp value zeroes.
01 ws-count2 pic s9(4) comp value zeroes.

In procedure division

PERFORM 200000-PROCESS THRU 200000-EXIT
UNTIL WS-EOF-IN = 'Y'.
200000-PROCESS.

READ IN-FILE AT END MOVE 'Y' TO WS-EOF-IN
GO TO 200000-EXIT.
ADD 1 TO WS-COUNT1
IF WS-COUNT1 <= 3
MOVE IN-REC TO OUT-REC
WRITE OUT-REC
ELSE
ADD 1 TO WS-COUNT2
IF WS-COUNT2 = 3
MOVE ZEROES TO WS-COUNT1
WS-COUNT2
END-IF
END-IF.
200000-EXIT.
EXIT.

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have in 100 records in a file i want to read first 3 records and skip next 3 records and agan i w..

Answer / santhosh

We can do it through JCL by using sort utility ..Through splitby=3 in outfil statement giving two different outputs..It will store two alternative records into two datasets alternatively

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