Answer / suersh ramaiyan

Use REDEFINE.

Example:

01 NUMBER-X PIC X(10).
01 NUMBER-N REDEFINES NUMBER-X
PIC 9(10).

COMPUTE A = NUMBER-N + B

This will surely work.

Answer / anonymous

You cant perform any arithmetic operationon alphabetic and
alphanumeric data items . If u try to perform u ll get SOC7.

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