Mainframe, MVS and zOS Discussion

Is there a way to skip records in COBOL?

I need to read an input file and validate it. While validating input records, I need to see if there are any invalid records, if yes, I have to skip processing for that records and process next records. If I continue to read the next record will it break the loop or keep on processing next records? Please suugest.

No there is no way to skip reading records with COBOL sequential files. If you are reading a sequential file, you read record 1, then record 2, then record 3, then .... until the end of file. HOWEVER, there is nothing in COBOL to prevent you from reading a record and then immediately reading the next record without doing anything to the former record.

hmm...ok, yes, that could be done. Thanks.

I think no language can do skipping of records - it's "logic" which "mimics" it, no?