The WRITE statement releases a logical record to an output or
input-output file. It can also position lines vertically on a logical
page.
Format 1 -
WRITE rec-name [ FROM src-item ] [ ALLOWING NO OTHERS ]
[ { advance-num [ LINE ] } ]
[ { BEFORE } { [ LINES ] } ]
[ { AFTER } ADVANCING { top-name } ]
[ { PAGE } ]
[ AT { END-OF-PAGE } stment ]
[ { EOP } ]
[ NOT AT { END-OF-PAGE } stment ]
[ { EOP } ]
[ END-WRITE ]
1 – rec-name
is the name of a logical record described in the Data Division File Section. It cannot be qualified. The logical record cannot be in a sort-merge file description entry.
2 – src-item
is the identifier of the data item that contains the data. If src-item is a function-identifier, it must reference an alphanumeric function.
3 – advance-num
is an integer or the identifier of an unsigned data item described as an integer. Its value can be zero.
4 – top-name
is a mnemonic-name equated to "C01" in the SPECIAL-NAMES paragraph of the Environment Division. It represents top-of-page and is equivalent to the PAGE phrase.
5 – stment
is an imperative statement.