manny juan

Thanks for the suggestion! I added a note at the top of the README to announce the new RW template and mention its special compilation requirements. I'll keep the focus on the procedural version for now to avoid restructuring the whole document. As for my earlier errors, they were mostly due to my procedural programming background, a lack of recent Report Writer usage, and a steep learning curve. I was hitting syntax errors and gave up a bit too soon. It was only after Vincent linked the Programmer's...

Thanks for the suggestion! I added a note at the top of the README to announce the new RW template and mention its special compilation requirements. I'll keep the focus on the procedural version for now to avoid restructuring the whole document. As for my earlier errors, they were mostly due to my procedural programming background, a lack of recent Report Writer usage, and a steep learning curve. I was hitting syntax errors and gave up a bit too soon. It was only after Vince linked the Programmer's...

i did it! after working on the report section parts, everything became ridiculously easy because i was deleting all the extra code from working storage and the procedure division! anyway, i've update the README with the new change and I've added a folder 3_level_rw that illustrates how it's set up. https://github.com/manyone/cobol-report-generator

i may have spoken too soon! i've been going over the programmers guide for gnucobol suggested by Vincent and it appears that the report writer seems to be implemented extensively - at least the few elements i remember are working after all. so i'm current;y working on this version : fmpp generating report writer code!

i may have spoken too soon! i've been going over the programmers guide for gnucobol and it appears that the report writer seems to be implemented extensively - at least the few elements i remember are working atter all. so i'm currentl;y working on this version : fmpp generating report writer code!

i started to work on it but surprise! gnucobol apparently does not have a complete implementation of report writer. or it's a different version. since i do not have access to a 370 to test the report writer, i'll keep it as a cobol version for now. anyway cobol is cobol. the generated program will most likely run on any machine with cobol.

I wrote an interactive version of the classic 27-Card Magic Trick in COBOL (base-3 math inside!). What it does: Asks the user for a favorite number (1-27). Shuffles a virtual 52-card deck Deals 27 cards into 3 piles/rows. You memorize a card, tell it which row it's in, and it repeats this 3 times. It then reveals the deck and your memorized card is exactly at the position of your favorite number! Sample Run ===================================== The 27-Card Magic Trick =====================================...

I wrote an interactive version of the classic 27-Card Magic Trick in COBOL (base-3 math inside!). What it does: Asks the user for a favorite number (1-27). Shuffles a virtual 52-card deck Deals 27 cards into 3 piles/rows. You memorize a card, tell it which row it's in, and it repeats this 3 times. It then reveals the deck and your memorized card is exactly at the position of your favorite number! Sample Run ===================================== The 27-Card Magic Trick =====================================...