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 2 -
WRITE rec-name [ FROM src-item ] [ ALLOWING NO OTHERS ]
[ INVALID KEY stment ] [ NOT INVALID KEY stment ]
[ 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 – stment
is an imperative statement.