intrinsic function in cobol? compilation error

malikiitian · Post by **malikiitian** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 5:18 pm

COMPUTE VAR1 = FUNCTION NUMVAL(VAR2)

While using cobol intrinsic function i have been getting compilation error for the code written above.
var1 is pic S9(5).99 and var2 is X(7).

error message is:

IGYPS0086-I "FUNCTION" was specified as an informational word in the current reserved word table. The reserved word table used may be different from the IBM-supplied default. Refer to VS COBOL II Application Programming Language Reference for information on reserved words.

IGYPS2121-S "FUNCTION" was not defined as a data-name. The statement was discarded.

IGYPS2072-S "NUMVAL" was invalid.

Natarajan · Post by **Natarajan** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 6:05 pm

which version of cobol compiler your are using?

malikiitian · Post by **malikiitian** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 11:55 am

cobol compiler is VS cobol II release 4

malikiitian · Post by **malikiitian** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 3:19 pm

COMPILER VERSION AND RELEASE DATE IS

IBM VS COBOL II Release 4.0 09/15/92

Natarajan · Post by **Natarajan** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 9:11 pm

OS/VS COBOL and VS/COBOL II wont support FUNCTIONS.

Refer ibm manual for VS COBOL II

http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/ ... 0312093006

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intrinsic function in cobol? compilation error

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