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COBOL Interview Questions

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Can we dynamically increase the size of occurs clause? i.e In case I an not sure of the size of array and want to increase the size at run time.If yes , how?

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I have a variable account-number declared as comp-3, s9(10) comp-3 in a file. How do i find a particular account number say 123456 in that file?

3 8361

Suppose i want to declare a binary comp fild of 7 byte .how to write?

IBM,

6 11562

I am sending values a and b with pic x(10) and pic x(10) by using call statement. In linkage section, I am receiving values with pic x(10) and pic x(11). Will my program fail? will it be compile error or run time abend?

3 7305

What is JOBLIB and STEPLIB in JCL? what is the purpose of using it?

1 16688

is this below syntax correct? CALL 'subprg' using A,B Please help

2 5736

COBOL Snippet: Tell where the control will when the below code execute IF (A=B) CONTINUE ELSE NEXT SENTENCE PERFORM END-IF.

HCL,

7 14205

can i give 9(10) in comp 3 instead of s9(10) ? if i can give wht would be ths ans

DELL,

2 7614

wht is load module and object module ?

DELL, TCS,

2 14954

wht is structured cobol pgm and non structred cobol pgm ?

CTS, DELL,

1 4075

how can we get current dat and time thru cobol pgm

DELL,

3 11691

how can i see junk values in dclgen or in hostvariable of comp ?

DELL,

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can any one give good example for cond 88 level number and for renames pls urgent dudes ?

DELL,

3 8908

how will u code parm parameter and where pls ?

DELL,

3 8006

wht is the difference between goto and perform stmts

DELL,

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I have one ps file in which there are 3 fileds emp_no,emp_name and leave_app.this ps file information give the detail of employee which is going to apply for leave.suppose emp_no=113430,emp_name=ajay,leave_app=1 that means he is going to apply for 1 day leave.and accordingling the table in db2 will be updated means if he has that no of leave in his account then he will get dat leave and updated acc. in table(leave_balance=previous leave present in table-leave_app).Now i want to check whther the updated result is correct or not by comparing the two ps file using IEBCOMPARE or icetool so what is going to be the two ps file and how its is going to be compare.

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How can i load all the data from a file to Table (array) in cobol.How i manage the occurs clause with out reading the file.Any options avilable ? Please can any one help me it is urgent?

2634

what is s000 u4087 error? please give the all error codes in cobol,jcl.

17935

Name some of the examples of COBOl 11?

3199

How do you code cobol to access a parameter that has been defined in jcl? And do you code the parm parameter on the exec line in jcl?

1252

if we have " ibm mainframe ",in that how to remove first and last leading space eg:"ibm mainframe" like that the answer we need

1388

What is the difference between external and global variables in COBOL?

1547

What is the difference between goback, stop run and exit program in cobol?

1649

How to change size of Initial number of records to *NOMAX for ALL PF files from perticular library, how can I do that

3281

Which is not true about evaluate statement

2515

Mention the guidelines to write a structured cobol program?

1145

Write some characteristics of cobol as means of business language.

1202

what is the difference between COBOL2 AND COBOL390?

3117

What is the problem of ordered sequential files access?

1210

Which Search verb is equivalent to PERFORM…VARYING?

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