First merge bothe file. Use sort card //Sysin dd * sort fields=-------

I have the requirement to compare the two files and pick up
the matching records.
File 1. file2

23 32
32 13
34 15
35 36
36 35
43

Get the matching records from this 2 files to out file. how
you will do this in cobol program?

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Answer Posted / harsha

First merge bothe file.
Use sort card
//Sysin dd *
sort fields=-------
Sum fields=(none,xsum)
/*

File mentioned in SORTXSUM dd name will contain matching
records.

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