if a pic 9(3) value 354,b pic x(2) value '46' then
a)a>b
2)a<b
3)error
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Answer / piyush mani
i think it will create an error bcoz we can't compare numeric variable to non-numeric variable.
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Answer / billyboyo
IBM Cobol will do an alphanumeric comparison because one of
the fields is PICTURE X. "354" will be compared to "45" and
be found to be lower. Answer b) is correct.
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Answer / seema dawlekar
As picture clause for variable b is x(2), which means that
it can accept both numeric and characters of length 2, but
the care we should take here is that we should enclose them
in the single quotes, therefore to my expectation option b
is write.
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Answer / raguveer sunendhu thollitu
I dont know..
Depends on the collating sequence.
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Answer / saidinesh
I accept that u can enter the value of numeric as well as
alpha numeric. but we can not give the numeric values in
cot's. please check it once...
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