IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.PROGRAM-ID. ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.INPUT-OUTPUT SECTION. FILE-CONTROL. SELECT RECORD-FILE ASSIGN TO DISK1. ORGANIZATION IS INDEXED. ACCESS MODE IS RANDOM. RECORD KEY IS STD-ID. FILE STATUS IS WS-FS. DATA DIVISION. FILE SECTION. FD RECORD-FILE. 01 STD-RECORD. 02 STD-ID PIC 9(03). 02 STD-NAME PIC X(20). WORKING-STORAGE SECTION. 77 WS-FS PIC 9(02). 01 WS-EOF-SW PIC X(01) VALUE 'N'. 88 EOF-SW VALUE 'Y'. PROCEDURE DIVISION. DISPLAY 'ENTER THE STUDENT ID TO BE MATCHED' ACCEPT STD-ID. DISPLAY 'OPENING FILE TO DELETE MATCHING RECORD..'. OPEN INPUT RECORD-FILE. PERFORM UNTIL EOF-SW READ RECORD-FILE KEY IS STD-ID AT END MOVE 'Y' TO WS-EOF-SW IF WS-FS = 00 DELETE STD-RECORD MOVE 'Y' TO WS-EOF-SW ELSE DISPLAY 'RECORD NOT AVAILABLE' END-IF END-PERFORM. CLOSE RECORD-FILE. DISPLAY STD-RECORD . STOP RUN. Conclusion

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