Answer / g.naveen

18 is Maximum Data length for Numeric Data Type.

Answer / shekh

BY USING COMPILER OPTION MATH, IT WILL INCREASE THE VARIABLE CAPACITY UP TO 31 DIGITS.

Answer / muttaiah

The default is 18..which means the compiler option will be
Arith(compat)..
If you change the compiler option to Arith(extend) you can
use max 31 digits..
This is one of the famous interview question now a days.
Say i want to declare a variable with PIC 9(20) is it
possible?
People who doesn't know Arith(extend) compiler option they
will say it's not possible to declare a variable with PIC 9
(20) keeping 18 digits in mind. This is how it is.

What is the difference beetween Arrays and Tables in Cobol? please dont give the answer that arrays in cobol terminology is called tables......

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i have a variable block which is used in my cobol program as input file having records of 4080 after compilation while runing the program im getiing file attribut mismatch and it is saying tht the record length of the file is 4084 can any one knw the answer how to reslove it ?

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Determine the total no of bytes in the following. 01 rec1. 02 a pic x(6) 02 b redefines a. 03 c occus 6 times pic 9. 02 d occurs 6 times pic 9. 03 e pic x(5) 03 f pic 999.

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In a program, variables are used but no DB2 involved in it. Can you call it as host variables??

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is it possible to rename 01 level?

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write a program to eliminate duplicate records in a input file and send them to output file.THIS IS IGATE RECENT QUESTIONN.....JUST 1 WEEK BACKKKK...

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I have a program with an Array of 5000 occurences which is being passed from 5 sub levels to the front end screen. Thess 5 programs using each 5*2 = 10 different arrays with size as 5000. This is causing the transaction to utilize more storage consupmtion. I am looking to reduce the storage consumption. As part of that initially i thought Dynamic array may solve my problem. After viewing the comments given i see its same as normal array. IS there any other way we can resolve this issue?

0 Answers   HCL,

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What is the difference between a binary search and a sequential search what are the pertinent cobol?

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Hi , I am posting some questons which are asked at interview. These may help u for ur interview... what is static and dynamic call?

2 Answers   TCS,

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wht is the diff b/w if and evaluate stmts ?

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hi is there any means of deletin a record from a ps usin cobol not using jcl?eg if i am reading a record and if some condition is matched tat particular record must be deletd fom the ps

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what is srange and nosrange pls reply to ths question ?

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