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Suppose if there are a set of statements and each has a word “value” in it, if I want to display all these statements so that the word “value” is aligned, then how do I code this in rexx?

924

write an RPG program to calculate the marks of 5 students (A,B, C, D, E)in 3 different subjects (eng, math, sci) an display on the screen

1272

What are the different types of condition in cobol and write their forms.

1081

What rules are followed by the search verb.

1070

What are the rules of the move verb?

1216

Write a program to enter and display the names of students in a class using the occurs clause.

1168

What is the compute verb? How is it used?

1099

Explain the configuration section of a cobol program with examples of syntax.

1142

Write a program to explain size error.

1159

What are the various section in data division and briefly explain them.

1134

explain sorting techniques in cobol program?

1161

Explain about different table spaces.

1064

Explain sorting techniques in cobol program? Provide the sort file definition, the sort statement, its syntax and meaning

1056

How are the next sentence and continue different from each other?

1249

how do you reference the esds vsam file formats from cobol programs

1150

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

How many databases are there?

1019

Can one database have multiple instances?

1021

) what is the difference between AID and HANDLE AID?

2111

Differentiate between cs and rr isolation levels? Where do you specify them?

1040

What is the place for VSAM KSDS?

1078

What is the difference between Global and External Variables?

1327

Define base cluster?

965

how does union file maintains record formats?

1070

Difference between fixed length and variable length records.

801

Define perform?

960

What is table space in db2?

977

please..could u give an example about USAGE IS POINTER ..and explain why and when we use it ?

2433

can you explain the difference between spacea,spaceb,skipa and skipb. I'm new to learning about as400 and printer files. can any one give me an example using source code showing the difference that occurs between using these 4 keywords. A-Physical file PF004 source UNIQUE R RR STUNAM 10 ROLLNU 5 0 MARKS 3 0 SEX 6 K ROLLNU 4 records present in PF004 are STUNAM ROLLNU MARKS SEX KAVYA 12,344 55 FEMALE MADHAVAN 14,579 60 MALE RAMYA 14,785 70 FEMALE KRISHNAN 14,988 72 MALE B-Printer File PRINT1 source A R HEADER A 10 3'STUNAM' A 10 20'ROLLNU' A 10 30'MARKS' A 10 40'SEX' A R DETAIL A SPACEB(1) A STUNAM 10 3 A ROLLNU 5 0 20 A MARKS 3 0 30 A SEX 6 40 A R FOOTER A SPACEB(1) A 20'END OF REPORT' C-RPG/400 Program PRTTPG source FPF004 I F E DISK FPRINT1 O E PRINTER C WRITE HEADER C READ PF004 60 C *IN60 DOWEQ *OFF C WRITE DETAIL C READ PF004 60 C ENDDO C WRITE FOOTER C SETON LR D-spooled file result set Display Spooled File File . . . . . : PRINT1 Page/Line 1/10 Control . . . . . Columns 1 - 130 Find . . . . . . *...+....1....+....2....+....3....+....4....+....5....+.... 6....+....7....+....8....+....9....+....0....+....1....+.... 2....+....3 STUNAM ROLLNU MARKS SEX KAVYA 12344 055 FEMALE MADHAVAN 14579 060 MALE RAMYA 14785 070 FEMALE KRISHNAN 14988 072 MALE END OF REPORT Bottom F3=Exit F12=Cancel F19=Left F20=Right F24=More keys I have changed from SPACEB to SPACEA now in my printer file source E-Changed PRINT1 Source A R HEADER A 10 3'STUNAM' A 10 20'ROLLNU' A 10 30'MARKS' A 10 40'SEX' A R DETAIL A SPACEA(1) A STUNAM 10 3 A ROLLNU 5 0 20 A MARKS 3 0 30 A SEX 6 40 A R FOOTER A SPACEA(1) A 20'END OF REPORT' F-Spooled file Result Set after keyword change Display Spooled File File . . . . . : PRINT1 Page/Line 1/10 Control . . . . . Columns 1 - 130 Find . . . . . . *...+....1....+....2....+....3....+....4....+....5....+.... 6....+....7....+....8....+....9....+....0....+....1....+.... 2....+....3 KAVYAM 12344U 055KS FEMALE MADHAVAN 14579 060 MALE RAMYA 14785 070 FEMALE KRISHNAN 14988 072 MALE END OF REPORT Bottom F3=Exit F12=Cancel F19=Left F20=Right F24=More keys Overprinting not displayed.

11126

What is the difference between drop table and delete table?

1155

what is a corelated subquerry?

1081

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