LDA on the AS400

["Phil Campbell" <pcampbell@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

        I am new to the AS400.  We are converting our S/36 programs to the COBOL

        400.    In some of the program we use the 'LOCAL DATA AREA' to pass 
data from

        one program to another.  Is this feature still used on the AS400.  In 
our OCL's (S/36)

        we have statement like ?L'4,9'?='      '  GOTO NODISP.  This will check 
data 

        passed from an on-line program to a batch report.  If the user did not 
select anything

        the OCL will branch to a label named NODISP.  The conversion doesn't 
seem go be going

        well.

        Any help would be greatly appreciated.  

        Phil Campbell
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        pcampbell@xxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:pcampbell@xxxxxxxxxxxx>