what is filler
and what is use of filler
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Answer / himanshu mistry
Filler can be used to fill the gap between to variable of our interest. Filler is the part of record/data we don't use for any computational purpose.
self explanatory... to fill up the gap either with some spaces or strings or data.
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Answer / raghavendra nq
If you are not using any unused memory locations,that items can be declared as a filler items. Filler items can't be initialized in procedure division.
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