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Why is it necessary that file needs to be opened in I-O mode for REWRITE?

1391

What is the Purpose of Pointer in the string?

1127

How can we find that module can be called – whether DYNAMICALLY or STATICALLY?

1271

What is the use of LINKAGE SECTION?

1 1960

Which mode is used to operate the sequential file?

1257

What is the difference between comp and comp-3 usage?

1266

What are the access modes of START statement?

1331

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

1398

How arrays can be defined in COBOL?

1300

What are INPUT PROCEDURE and OUTPUT PROCEDURE?

1367

Give some examples of command terminators?

1327

How many bytes S(8) comp field occupy and its maximum value?

2192

Which Search verb is equivalent to PERFORM…VARYING?

1108

What is the difference between Call and a Link?

1267

Can a Search can be done on a table with or without Index?

1335

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What are different data types in cobol?

1391

What is the difference between structured cobol programming and object alternativelyiented cobol?

1301

What is the difference between PIC 9.99 and PIC9v99?

1409

How to get the last record in vsam file in cluster? And how can you get the ksds file records into your cobol program?

1210

here is my requirement A1 is alphanumeric with value 'A1B2C3D4' as defined below 05 A1 PIC X(8) VALUE IS 'A1B2C3D4' but i need to have A2,A3 as ABCD & 1234 repectively...... A2 = ABCD A3 = 1234 Can you please explain me what are the different ways to do it?

8032

Define static linking and dynamic linking.

1273

What are various search techniques in cobol? Explain.

1113

How to remove the spaces at the end of each record in the output file of variable length, via cobol program?

1220

What are all the divisions of a COBOL program?

1276

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

1259

What is inspect in cobol ?

1356

how do you reference the fixed unblock file formats from cobol programs

1310

When is inspect verb is used in cobol?

1319

how to move the records from file to array table. give with code example

2733

What rules are to be followed while using the corresponding options?

1127

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