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Suppose You are processing an input file in a Natural program and you want the program to fail if the file is empty. What command you use in Natural to force it to fail?
Answers:
Answer #1You use the following steps to check whether the input file
is empty
Step A. Read work file #WK-Number once #WK-Record
Step B. At End of File
Write "Input file is Empty"
End-Endfile
The first step will read the first record in the file and
the next step will see the End of File condition. If the
File is empty, the program will write that we have an Empty
input file to spool.
is empty
Step A. Read work file #WK-Number once #WK-Record
Step B. At End of File
Write "Input file is Empty"
End-Endfile
The first step will read the first record in the file and
the next step will see the End of File condition. If the
File is empty, the program will write that we have an Empty
input file to spool.
Answer #2If you want force the fail if file empty you must use statment TERMINATE and any response code
example
Read Work File 1 File-Name once
add to to rec-read
at end of file
if rec-read = 0
TERMINATE 99
end if
example
Read Work File 1 File-Name once
add to to rec-read
at end of file
if rec-read = 0
TERMINATE 99
end if
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