Could anyone please suggest me what is the maximum length
of data that can be pass as input in
//sysin dd *
This was asked in interview.
TIA
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Answer / deepak
I think 18 Numeric &
160 Character, pls correct me if i am wrong
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Answer / lakshmisudha
maximum unlimited data you can pass within //sysin dd *
if you want pass within line that is depends upon the
creation of ur dataset if lrecl=80 you can pass 72 char
maximum you can define lrecl=150
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Answer / muttaiah
I have a doubt here,,
Generally sysin is retrieved through accept stmt from cobol
program.
each accept stmt can read one line of sysin data.
considering this a line can be max of 71 or 72 char's
so i think the length of sysin will be 71 or 72..
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