Re: reading last record in a file

["R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr." <rbruceh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

sequential or dynamic access:

READ filename LAST RECORD


see format 2 of read.


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R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr.
 -- IBM Certified Specialist - iSeries Administrator
 -- IBM Certified Specialist - RPG IV Developer

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Reeve" <richreeve@yahoo.com>
To: <cobol400-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 2:38 PM
Subject: reading last record in a file


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> I have a file that I want to read the last record.  What is the fastest
way of doing this.  The key is memmas-key.
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> Thanks.
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> Rich
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