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I have a source program compiled with Cobol-2. The output file has a record length of 100 defined in the program but a record of 60 bytes getting written into it. i.e. The rest of 40 bytes I am not Writing anything. But it by default puts some values into the last 40 bytes. However it does not impact anything. But when Compiled the module with Enterprise Cobol the last 40 bytes were spaces as fillers. Can anyone explain?

Cognizant,

5 17090

what is meaning by design document? who can repared for this?

TCS,

5 15030

How can i write a comp-3 variable into a sequential file should i declara the field in the file description as comp- 3?

1 11274

what is level 66 means??

7 28120

Can the OCCURS clause be at the 01 level?

Oracle,

8 22516

i have two file one is ksds another one is esds i want store matching records in flat file how to you matching.

Wipro,

2 10502

how will u find out 3rd week's 2nd day using occurs ?

L&T,

3 9907

Read filea And file b write the same records in both files? Records in a but not in b record in b but not in a

TCS,

3 8856

How will you find the currepted records in a file

2 6755

perform I from 0 by 1 until I=5?How maney times it will executes

8 16078

What will happen if we try to create GDG (+2) generaton instead of (+1) generation?

1 7494

How many maximum number of procedures can we write in one COBOL program?

6 11132

Can we move X(9) to 9(9). If yes what are the ways for doing this?

3 10372

What will happen if we move SPACES to numeric field and ZEROES to alphabetic field?

2 8505

What is SDSF?

3 11999

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how we sort two input files based on a common column and giving one o/p file please send me the coding logic?

2190

What are the different rules of SORT operation?

1205

What is amode(24)?

1299

Which is the default, TEST BEFORE or TEST AFTER for a PERFORM statement?

1398

How did the release of cobol/370 version 1.3 improve the performance of release 1.1?

1135

Write the code to count the sum of n natural numbers.

1259

Name the sections present in data division.

1316

What are literals?

1185

How do define dynamic array in cobol. how do you define single dimensional array and multidimensional array in your cobol?

1308

State the various causes of s0c1, s0c5 and s0c7.

1148

how can we apply for HSBC exam(Mainframe) in India??? i went to their site and was told to submit my CV ,. etc..( totally confusing...)

2447

What is the compute verb? How is it used?

1191

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

1343

What the difference is between continue and next sentence?

1225

what is amode(24), amode(31), rmode(24) and rmode(any)?

1200

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