Displaying values on a screen or in a file (DISPLAY)

Display "No entry for surname '" Customer-Name "' found in the file.".

In the example above, if the content of data item Customer-Name is JOHNSON, then the statement displays the following message on the screen:

No entry for surname 'JOHNSON' found in the file.

To write data to a destination other than the screen, use the UPON phrase. For example, the following statement writes to the file that you specify as the value of the SYSOUT environment variable:

Display "Hello" upon sysout.

When you display the value of a USAGE NATIONAL data item, the output data is converted to the code page that is associated with the current locale.