IMHO defining two FD's wins the simplicity and clarity medal. However I used the subroutine method in the (distant!) past to change the DDNAME on the fly: CLOSE FD-FILE-NAME. MOVE IN-REGION TO DDNAME-SUFFIX. CALL 'FDFIXUP' USING FD-FILE-NAME, DDNAME. OPEN OUTPUT FD-FILE-NAME. e.g. to write / output each region's report (-section) to its own DD-statement (RJE remote printing / routing, microfiche). I don't know but expect it to still work in the current COBOL releases.
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