In how ways you can pass the data from Jcl to cobol ?

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In how ways you can pass the data from Jcl to cobol ?..

Answer / g.naveen

Mainly in 3 ways we can pass the data from Jcl to Cobol by
using Parm parameter,by using files and sysin dd *.

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In how ways you can pass the data from Jcl to cobol ?..

Answer / rknaidu

Four ways.
there are,
1. sysin card.
2. via parm parameter.
3. files.
4. control cards.

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In how ways you can pass the data from Jcl to cobol ?..

Answer / vinay sonar

You can pass data from JCL to COBOL using parm
parameters,sysin dd* and using ACCEPT statment

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