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Demonstration

Objective

We are going to print a report with a 60-character line length and a 19-line page size by using OUTPUT parameter options.

The report is shown printed without the OUTPUT parameter specifications and again with the specifications.

Parameters

01OUT 60 LP=19

01 is the report number.

OUT specifies the OUTPUT parameter.

60 specifies the number of characters to be printed on a report line.

LP=19 specifies a page length of 19 lines.

Complete Code

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IN  200 F 400 PS(TAPE)
REC EMPLOYEE      5   25           'EMPLOYEE NAME'
REC SALARY      160    5  3  DP=2
013 EMPLOYEE SALARY LIST
01OUT 60 LP=19
0151*010 EMPLOYEE   HR
0151*020 SALARY     HF

Result BEFORE

REPORT NO. 01                 EMPLOYEE SALARY LIST          mm/dd/yy PAGE     1                     EMPLOYEE                          SALARY               MICHAEL   ANGELO                          18,000.00               DONTE     BANK                            80,000.00               ALBERT    BREEZE                          38,000.00               BETH  M.  CLOUD                           52,750.00               ALAN      DONOVAN                         33,500.00               PERCY     EINSTEIN                        34,500.00               JANE      FERNDALE                        22,500.00               TOM       FITZHUGH                        13,000.00               ROBIN     GARDNER                         14,000.00               JENNIFER  GARFIELD                        65,000.00               VLADIMIR  HEAROWITZ                       33,000.00               EDWARD    HUTTON                          44,000.00               JOCK      JACKSON                         34,000.00               JAMES     JACOBI                          55,000.00               JULIE     JANSSEN                         37,000.00               RUPERT    JENSON                          82,000.00               MARYLOU   JOHNSON                             12.00               CYNTHIA   JOHNSON                         13,500.00               DOUGLAS   KAHALLY                         20,000.00               MICHAEL   ANGELO                          18,000.00               DONTE     BANK                            80,000.00               ALBERT    BREEZE                          38,000.00               BETH  M.  CLOUD                           52,750.00               ALAN      DONOVAN                         33,500.00               PERCY     EINSTEIN                        34,500.00               JANE      FERNDALE                        22,500.00               TOM       FITZHUGH                        13,000.00               ROBIN     GARDNER                         14,000.00               JENNIFER  GARFIELD                        65,000.00               EDWARD    HUTTON                          44,000.00               JOCK      JACKSON                         34,000.00               JAMES     JACOBI                          55,000.00               JULIE     JANSSEN                         37,000.00               RUPERT    JENSON                          82,000.00               MARYLOU   JOHNSON                             12.00               CYNTHIA   JOHNSON                         13,500.00               DOUGLAS   KAHALLY                         20,000.00

Result AFTER

REPORT NO. 01                 EMPLOYEE SALARY LIST          mm/dd/yy PAGE     1                     EMPLOYEE                          SALARY               MICHAEL   ANGELO                          18,000.00               DONTE     BANK                            80,000.00               ALBERT    BREEZE                          38,000.00               BETH  M.  CLOUD                           52,750.00               ALAN      DONOVAN                         33,500.00               PERCY     EINSTEIN                        34,500.00               JANE      FERNDALE                        22,500.00               TOM       FITZHUGH                        13,000.00               ROBIN     GARDNER                         14,000.00               JENNIFER  GARFIELD                        65,000.00               VLADIMIR  HEAROWITZ                       33,000.00               EDWARD    HUTTON                          44,000.00               JOCK      JACKSON                         34,000.00               JAMES     JACOBI                          55,000.00               JULIE     JANSSEN                         37,000.00               RUPERT    JENSON                          82,000.00               MARYLOU   JOHNSON                             12.00               CYNTHIA   JOHNSON                         13,500.00               DOUGLAS   KAHALLY                         20,000.00