77 I pic 99 value 5
Perorm para-A I times.

Para -A.
move 10 to I.

How many times the para-A will be executed.?

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77 I pic 99 value 5 Perorm para-A I times. Para -A. move 10 to I. How many times the para-A ..

Answer / rana

Only 5 Times as it won't take the 10 which is intialized in
Para-A.

Is This Answer Correct ?    16 Yes 4 No

77 I pic 99 value 5 Perorm para-A I times. Para -A. move 10 to I. How many times the para-A ..

Answer / raghunathareddy

perform para-1 5 times

Is This Answer Correct ?    3 Yes 2 No

77 I pic 99 value 5 Perorm para-A I times. Para -A. move 10 to I. How many times the para-A ..

Answer / sivaram

It goes into loop since the variable takes the 10 in it
every time when it performs.Generally the variable should be
decremented by 1 for correct results.

Is This Answer Correct ?    4 Yes 4 No

77 I pic 99 value 5 Perorm para-A I times. Para -A. move 10 to I. How many times the para-A ..

Answer / prasanna

5 times

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77 I pic 99 value 5 Perorm para-A I times. Para -A. move 10 to I. How many times the para-A ..

Answer / kiran

5 times

why bcoze once para-A I times executed,initially the value
of i=5;

5 time para -A executed

Is This Answer Correct ?    0 Yes 0 No

77 I pic 99 value 5 Perorm para-A I times. Para -A. move 10 to I. How many times the para-A ..

Answer / gowtham

Hi, I have executed above code and it performed 6 times. SO the answer is 6 times.

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77 I pic 99 value 5 Perorm para-A I times. Para -A. move 10 to I. How many times the para-A ..

Answer / chinna

Please confirm which ans is correct ?
why it wont take I = 10?
can any one give explanation ?

Thanks ,

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77 I pic 99 value 5 Perorm para-A I times. Para -A. move 10 to I. How many times the para-A ..

Answer / suputhru

Para -A.
move 10 to I.
display I.

it will move 10 to I upto 5 times.
10 20 30 40 50.

it will execute 5 times only.

Is This Answer Correct ?    3 Yes 4 No

77 I pic 99 value 5 Perorm para-A I times. Para -A. move 10 to I. How many times the para-A ..

Answer / prachi

when it will execute perform statement for the first time,
the value in i is 5..Then it is moving 10 to i ..So when it
will execute the perform 2nd time...that time the value of
i is 10..so Para-A will be performed 11 times...
Please let me know my ans is correct or not...

Is This Answer Correct ?    0 Yes 3 No

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