here is my requirement A1 is alphanumeric with value 'A1B2C3D4' as de

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?

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here is my requirement A1 is alphanumeric with value 'A1B2C3D4' as defined below 05 A1..

Answer / rajkanya

DATA DIVISION.
WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
01 GROUP1.
05 A1 PIC X(08)
VALUE 'A1B2C3D4'.
05 ARRAY1 REDEFINES A1 OCCURS 8 TIMES
PIC X(01).
01 ARRAY2.
05 A2 OCCURS 4 TIMES PIC X(01).
01 ARRAY3.
05 A3 OCCURS 4 TIMES PIC X(01).
01 WS-COUNT PIC 9(02)
VALUE 01.

PROCEDURE DIVISION.

PERFORM MOVE-LETTERS-PARA VARYING ODD FROM 1 BY 2
UNTIL ODD > 8
* INITIALIZE THE COUNTER FOR SECOND LOOP
MOVE 01 TO WS-COUNT
*
PERFORM MOVE-NUMBERS-PARA VARYING EVEN FROM 2 BY 2
UNTIL EVEN > 8
.
.
.
MOVE-LETTERS-PARA.
MOVE ARRAY (ODD) TO ARRAY2 (WS-COUNT)
ADD 1 TO WS-COUNT
.
.
MOVE-NUMBERS-PARA.
MOVE ARRAY (EVEN) TO ARRAY3 (WS-COUNT)
ADD 1 TO WS-COUNT
.
.
.

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here is my requirement A1 is alphanumeric with value 'A1B2C3D4' as defined below 05 A1..

Answer / mainframe guy

You can also do it this way:

DATA DIVISION
01 A1 VALUE 'A1B2C3D4'
05 A1-CHAR PIC X(01) OCCURS 8.
01 A2 PIC X(04) VALUE SPACES.
01 A3 PIC X(04) VALUE SPACES.
01 I PIC 9(02) VALUE ZEROS.
01 J PIC 9(02) VALUE ZER0S.
01 K PIC 9(02) VALUE ZEROS.

PROCEDURE DIVISION.
MOVE 1 TO I J K
PERFORM VARYING I FROM 1 BY 1 UNTIL WS-I > 8
IF A-CHAR(I) IS NUMERIC
MOVE A-CHAR(I) TO A3(K:1)
ADD 1 TO K
ELSE
MOVE A-CHAR(I) TO A2(J:1)
ADD 1 TO J
END-IF
END-PERFORM

Now you will have A2 = ABCD and A3 = 1234
This method can be used only if you want to seperate numbers
from alphabets. Otherwise, the previous solution has to be used.

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