Can we put move statement in COBOL copybook

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Can we put move statement in COBOL copybook..

Answer / ankitha

copy book is nothing but pre written cobol statements and
can be used in any division in cobol pgm ,you can code move
statement in copy book and copy in procedure division.

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Can we put move statement in COBOL copybook..

Answer / tata

we can use move in copy book. but
if ur copybook contains procedure division statements
with move statement.. then that variables which were wriiten
with move statement, should be declared in ws-section of
data division.
in this particular case only this is possible.. in all
other cases this is not popssible.

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Can we put move statement in COBOL copybook..

Answer / suersh ramaiyan

Copy book means... A piece of code may be used in many programs.
We can write that piece of code in a member of a PDS (copy book) and we can use anywhere in the COBOL programs.

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