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i have the following varibles in the working storage

05 ws-A PIC X(30)
VALUE 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRESTUVWXYZ '
05 WS-B REDEFINES WS-A
10 WS-B1 PIC X(10).
10 WS-B2 PIC 9(10).
10 WS-B3 PIC X(10).

If I Display B1, B2 and B3 respectively, what is the value
displayed in B2

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i have the following varibles in the working storage 05 ws-A PIC X(30) VALUE 'ABCD..

Answer / sandy

It will not show variable mismatch error.
It will display KLMNOPQRES.

Is This Answer Correct ?    16 Yes 2 No

i have the following varibles in the working storage 05 ws-A PIC X(30) VALUE 'ABCD..

Answer / jibin jacob

there is no error.....
it will display 'klmnopqrst'

***********code************
identification division.
program-id. fst.
environment division.
data division.
working-storage section.
01 qs pic x(30) value
'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcd'.
01 qs-r redefines qs.
02 qs-r1 pic x(10).
02 qs-r2 pic 9(10).
02 qs-r3 pic x(10).
01 aa pic 9.
procedure division.
p1.
accept aa.
display "r1=" qs-r1.
display "r2=" qs-r2.
display "r3=" qs-r3.
stop run.

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i have the following varibles in the working storage 05 ws-A PIC X(30) VALUE 'ABCD..

Answer / kk

Hi,
klmnopqrst will displayed no compilation error and runtime
error it will work normally.

Is This Answer Correct ?    8 Yes 4 No

i have the following varibles in the working storage 05 ws-A PIC X(30) VALUE 'ABCD..

Answer / giri12

KLMNOPQRST will be displayed.

Is This Answer Correct ?    4 Yes 1 No

i have the following varibles in the working storage 05 ws-A PIC X(30) VALUE 'ABCD..

Answer / venkat reddy.madathala

It will display KLMNOPQRES.

Is This Answer Correct ?    2 Yes 1 No

i have the following varibles in the working storage 05 ws-A PIC X(30) VALUE 'ABCD..

Answer / mr.perfect

i have compiled and run it , it is workign fine.
the output format is
B1:ABCDEFGHIJ
B2:KLMNOPQRES
B3:TUVWXYZ

Is This Answer Correct ?    0 Yes 0 No

i have the following varibles in the working storage 05 ws-A PIC X(30) VALUE 'ABCD..

Answer / shubham

ABCDEFGHIJ
KLMNOPQRES
TUVWXYZ

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i have the following varibles in the working storage 05 ws-A PIC X(30) VALUE 'ABCD..

Answer / satish

It will shows variable miss match error

Is This Answer Correct ?    7 Yes 8 No

i have the following varibles in the working storage 05 ws-A PIC X(30) VALUE 'ABCD..

Answer / anand

isn't this a compilation error? A value clause cannot be
associated with a variable that is redefined.

Is This Answer Correct ?    1 Yes 6 No

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