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How to read records in reverse order in flat file?

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what modification we need to do in jcl if we use sort in cobol? I mean whether we need to include temporary file used for sorting in assign statement?

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what is the difference between perform varying and perform

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difference between internal sort and external sort

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i want to store 20 digits . how will u do it in cobol ?

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01 GROSS-PAY 05 BASIC-PAY PIC 9(5) 05 ALLOWENCES PIC 9(3) if BASIC-PAY has a value 1000 and ALLOWENCES has a value of 250,what will be displayed by the statement DISPLAY GROSS-PAY a.1250 b.01000250 c.01250 d.1.250

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WORKING-STORAGE SECTION. 01 GROSS-PAY. 05 BASIC-PAY PIC 9(5). 05 ALLOWENCES PIC 9(3). PROCEDURE DIVISION. MOVE 1000 TO BASIC-PAY. MOVE 250 TO ALLOWENCES. DISPLAY GROSS-PAY. STOP RUN. 77 W-A PIC 9(3)V99 VALUE 23.75 77 W-B PIC ZZ9V99 VLAUE 123.45 after the statement MOVE W-A TO W-B what will be W-B's value? a.123.75 b.b23.75 (where b indicates space) c.023.75 d.invalid move

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WORKING-STORAGE SECTION. 77 W-A PIC 9(3)V99 VALUE 23.75. 77 W-B PIC ZZ9V99 VALUE 123.45. PROCEDURE DIVISION. MOVE W-A TO W-B. DISPLAY W-B. STOP RUN. compiler : IGYGR1080-S A "VALUE" clause literal was not compatible with the data category o subject data item. The "VALUE" clause was discarded. WORKING-STORAGE SECTION. 77 W-A PIC 9(3)V99 VALUE 23.75. 77 W-B PIC ZZ9V99. PROCEDURE DIVISION. MOVE 123.45 TO W-B. MOVE W-A TO W-B. DISPLAY W-B. STOP RUN. 2375

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what if any ,is the syntax error in the following piece of code 01 B PIC A(7) 02 C PIC 9(4) ........ IF(B NUMERIC) ADD 10 TO C a.the condition in the if statement is wrong b.noting is wrong c.because C is initialised.ADD 10 TO C is wrong d.both B and C shoud have same size.

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01 GROUP-ITEM 05 AMOUNT-1 PIC 99V9 USAGE COMP VALUE 50 05 AMOUNT-2 PIC 9(4)V99 USAGE COMP MOVE ZERO TO GROUP-ITEM ADD 50 TO AMOUNT-1 what will be the content of AMOUNT-1? a.50 b.100 c.0 d.unpredictable

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WORKING-STORAGE SECTION. 1 GROUP-ITEM. 05 AMOUNT-1 PIC 99V9 USAGE COMP VALUE 50. 05 AMOUNT-2 PIC 9(4)V99 USAGE COMP. PROCEDURE DIVISION. MOVE ZERO TO GROUP-ITEM. ADD 50 TO AMOUNT-1. DISPLAY AMOUNT-1. STOP RUN.

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consider the following progrm statements MOVE 0 TO SW.NO.OF.REC PERFORM PRI-OUT UNTIL SW=1 DISPALY NO.OF.REC STOP RUN PRE-OUT READ IN-FILE AT END MOVE 1 TO SW WRITE OUO-REC FROM IN-REC ADD 1 TO NO.OF REC if the IN-FILE contains 1000 records what value will be displayed after the PERFORM is over? assume that N0.OF.REC has PIC 9(4) a.1000 b.1001 c.1 d.none of the above

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//S10 EXEC PGM=ICETOOL //TOOLMSG DD SYSOUT=* //DFSMSG DD SYSOUT=* //CON DD DSN=VAR.INPUT1,DISP=SHR // DD DSN=VAR.INPUT2,DISP=SHR //OUT DD DSN=VAR.OUTPUT,DISP=(NEW,CATLG,DELETE), // SPACE=(CYL,(5,5)),UNIT=SYSDA //TOOLIN DD * * Splice the needed data from the two VB files together SPLICE FROM(CON) TO(OUT) ON(5,5,CH) WITHALL - WITH(12,5) WITH(22,20) VLENMAX /*

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Explain about REXX

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Explain about ISPF/TSO Commands

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in a jcl, a large volume dataset is loaded to a table using bmcload in step1 and an image copy of the loaded table is taken using bmccopy in step2. Step2 abends because the image copy dataset cannot hold the volume of the table. How can this be rectified?

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Differentiate between addressing mode and run mode.

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I want to join to input files and write the matching fields on to an output file but i dont want the output file a sorted one

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How to pass the parameter in parm using linkage section ? (syntax)?

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What is the function of dd disp parameter?

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What are the jcl procedures?

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Explain the purpose of dd dummy statement?

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Must tape dataset definitions include vol=ser specifications?

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How is a type of file defined in the jcl that executes the cobol program?

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I want to JCL sort for Non-COMP and COMP-3 fields SORT FIELDS=(1,5,A,6,11,A,12,11,A,19,1,A,20,1,A),FORMAT=BI,EQUALS Length of comp bytes is 11 bytes which start at 6byte and 12 byte considering 11 bytes in comp-3 is 6 bytes. Can anyone tell if the above sort work SORT FIELDS=(1,5,A,6,6,A,12,6,A,19,1,A,20,1,A),FORMAT=BI,EQUALS does not works OK

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How do you submit a job for execution?

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Explain the function of dd name parameter with a 2 part structure; audit.report?

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IIN APITUDE THEY GAVE ONLY 10 QUESTIONS.. THEY ARE SIMPLE ONE FROM NUMBER SERIES,BOATS,TIME & DISTANCE,PROFIT &LOSS,FIND OUT THE NUMBER ? 9 25 4 36 81 64 49 AND surveillance SPELLINGS E.T.C

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hello friends ,i have exam in Hsbc,pls any on send me placement papers and technical questions on mainframes,thank u

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Explain the function of a dd statement?

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